to rethink
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3.4
- verb
- /ˌriːˈθɪŋk/
- You should rethink your approach to this issue to find a better solution.
- need to rethink
- require us to rethink
- rethink the approach
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Watch on YouTubeIt helps people rethink how we live our lives.
- It helps people rethink how we live our lives.
- And some have been motivated to rethink what they do.
- So I think we should rethink what our demands are.
- And if you're those people, you might want to rethink your life's decisions.
- So then we had to really rethink our design strategy.
- So they sort of rethought the genre and made a new type of music.
- You want them to rethink their strategy for group behavior.
- How do we have to rethink these things?
- We need to rethink the city in the interest of people.
- So instead of looking at maybe, maybe we need to rethink the war on drugs.
- I, I think you kind of need to rethink some things.
- So rethink the way you make your money.
Examples
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The West must also rethink how it should engage and reach out to these countries.
Academic text (2008) -
Competitive tendering has forced social care providers to rethink their priorities.
Academic text (2011) -
So you might want to rethink the design to begin.
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So then we had to really rethink our design strategy.
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Would you like to rethink your statement?
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We had to rethink the whole field.
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You need to rethink this again!
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We should rethink this, get some better tools.
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Look, maybe we should rethink this.
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So I think we should rethink what our demands are.
Synonyms
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1.1
To think carefully before making a decision
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3.7
To think again about a choice and possibly change it
80
3.7
To return to an idea or topic to think about it again
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3.0
To look at something carefully before deciding
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4.1
To pause and think again about a situation to see the bigger picture
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3.2
To look at all the details and what may happen before you decide
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5.0
To think about a decision again to see if it should change
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3.7
Think about something again to decide if it should change
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4.0
To think carefully about something before deciding
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3.7
To look at something again to make a new decision
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5.3
To consider something again before deciding
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4.4
To examine something again using new information to check for mistakes
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6.7
Look at something again to decide how valuable or important it is
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5.5
To think again about something to decide how important it is
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Etymology
Rethink comes from re- 'again' and think 'to consider', so to rethink something is to 'think again' about it and possibly change your earlier decision.