Learn English Irregular Verbsrethink /ˌriːˈθɪŋk/
- to change what you think about something or what you plan to do:
We need to rethink our strategy.
The remaining gang members rethought their stupidity and ran off.
I want to go home and rethink my life.
A feeling of loneliness overcame him and as he stopped at a stream to water his horse, he rethought all that he had heard and observed that night at the warehouse.
Parents and teachers have rethought their ways of correcting their children and students.
Past simple
- rethought /ˌriːˈθɔːt/
- rethinked
Past participle
- rethought /ˌriːˈθɔːt/
- rethinked
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