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Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not enough to effect this change. The whole democratic system would have to be rethought.
Jose Saramago

Meaning of "rethought" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RETHOUGHT

rethought  [ˌriːˈθɔːt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RETHOUGHT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rethought is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb rethought in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO RETHOUGHT

PRESENT

Present
I rethink
you rethink
he/she/it rethinks
we rethink
you rethink
they rethink
Present continuous
I am rethinking
you are rethinking
he/she/it is rethinking
we are rethinking
you are rethinking
they are rethinking
Present perfect
I have rethought
you have rethought
he/she/it has rethought
we have rethought
you have rethought
they have rethought
Present perfect continuous
I have been rethinking
you have been rethinking
he/she/it has been rethinking
we have been rethinking
you have been rethinking
they have been rethinking
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I rethought
you rethought
he/she/it rethought
we rethought
you rethought
they rethought
Past continuous
I was rethinking
you were rethinking
he/she/it was rethinking
we were rethinking
you were rethinking
they were rethinking
Past perfect
I had rethought
you had rethought
he/she/it had rethought
we had rethought
you had rethought
they had rethought
Past perfect continuous
I had been rethinking
you had been rethinking
he/she/it had been rethinking
we had been rethinking
you had been rethinking
they had been rethinking
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will rethink
you will rethink
he/she/it will rethink
we will rethink
you will rethink
they will rethink
Future continuous
I will be rethinking
you will be rethinking
he/she/it will be rethinking
we will be rethinking
you will be rethinking
they will be rethinking
Future perfect
I will have rethought
you will have rethought
he/she/it will have rethought
we will have rethought
you will have rethought
they will have rethought
Future perfect continuous
I will have been rethinking
you will have been rethinking
he/she/it will have been rethinking
we will have been rethinking
you will have been rethinking
they will have been rethinking
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would rethought
you would rethought
he/she/it would rethought
we would rethought
you would rethought
they would rethought
Conditional continuous
I would be rethinking
you would be rethinking
he/she/it would be rethinking
we would be rethinking
you would be rethinking
they would be rethinking
Conditional perfect
I would have rethought
you would have rethought
he/she/it would have rethought
we would have rethought
you would have rethought
they would have rethought
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been rethinking
you would have been rethinking
he/she/it would have been rethinking
we would have been rethinking
you would have been rethinking
they would have been rethinking
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you rethink
we let´s rethink
you rethink
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to rethink
Past participle
rethought
Present Participle
rethinking
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RETHOUGHT


aforethought
əˈfɔːˌθɔːt
afterthought
ˈɑːftəˌθɔːt
airport
ˈɛəˌpɔːt
bethought
bɪˈθɔːt
bought
bɔːt
brought
brɔːt
caught
kɔːt
court
kɔːt
export
ˈɛkspɔːt
forethought
ˈfɔːˌθɔːt
fort
fɔːt
forte
fɔːt
import
ɪmˈpɔːt
merrythought
ˈmɛrɪˌθɔːt
methought
mɪˈθɔːt
ort
ɔːt
ought
ɔːt
port
pɔːt
Porte
pɔːt
thought
θɔːt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RETHOUGHT

retentions
retentive
retentively
retentiveness
retentivity
retest
retestify
retexture
rethink
rethinker
rethread
retia
retial
retiarii
retiarius
retiary
reticella
reticence
reticency
reticent

WORDS THAT END LIKE RETHOUGHT

abought
besought
dreadnought
drought
fought
free thought
hard-fought
malice aforethought
New Thought
nought
overbought
overwrought
second thought
sought
taught
unbought
unsought
unthought
unwrought
well-wrought
wrought

Synonyms and antonyms of rethought in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «rethought» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RETHOUGHT

Find out the translation of rethought to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rethought from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rethought» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

再思考
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

repensado
570 millions of speakers

English

rethought
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एक नया माध्यम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لإعادة النظر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

переосмыслено
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

repensado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পুনঃবিবেচনা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

repensée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pemikiran semula
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

neu überdacht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

再考
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

다시 생각
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mikir maneh
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cách tân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

rethought
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Rethought
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yeniden düşünüldü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ripensato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przemyśleć
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

переосмислено
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

regândite
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αναστοχάστηκε
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

herontwerp
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

omprövas
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nytt tenkte gjennom
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rethought

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RETHOUGHT»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RETHOUGHT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rethought

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QUOTES WITH «RETHOUGHT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rethought.
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Jose Saramago
Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not enough to effect this change. The whole democratic system would have to be rethought.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RETHOUGHT»

Discover the use of rethought in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rethought and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Money, Investment and Consumption: Keynes's Macroeconomics ...
Y.S. Brenner, Retired Professor of Economics, Utrecht University, The Netherlands Contrary to the commonly perpetuated belief that Keynes s theory is appropriate only to economic depressions, the author of this provocative book maintains ...
O. F. Hamouda, 2011
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English Irregular Verbs: Master 250 irregular verbs in English
RETHINK Mode Indicative Tense Simple Present Present Perfect Simple Past Past Perfect I rethink have rethought rethought had rethought you rethink have rethought rethought had rethought he/she/it rethinks has rethought rethought had  ...
TZ-one, 2013
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Information Technology Rethought As Memory Extension: Toward ...
In this book, information technology is rethought as memory extension (extended memory technology), going beyond the common understanding of traditional information technology, which is based on memory-desynchronized data and documents.
Lars Ludwig, 2014
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Meeting the Universe Halfway: Quantum Physics and the ...
This thought experiment also suggests that moral judgment is not to be based either on actions or on intentions alone; rather, the very binary between ''interior'' and ''exterior'' states needs to be rethought, and both ''internal'' and ''external'' ...
Karen Barad, 2007
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Text and Technology: In Honour of John Sinclair
(vii) Since paradigmatic choices are not made independently of position in syntagmatic chain, the relation between paradigmatic and syntagmatic has to be rethought. (viii) Traditional word-classes and syntactic units also have to be rethought.
Mona Baker, Gill Francis, Elena Tognini-Bonelli, 1993
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Social History of the United States [10 volumes]
RETHOUGHT. AND. REBUILT. Back in 1893, orator John James Ingalls had predicted that an impulse for re- form would help define the next hundred years in the United States. Taking a cynical view of such efforts, he asserted his opinion that ...
Brian Greenberg, Linda S. Watts, Richard A. Greenwald, 2008
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Aversive Democracy: Inheritance and Originality in the ...
A rethought conception of democracy that will do justice to certain of the central insights of both deliberative and post-structuralist conceptions of democracy will have to give renewed attention to, first, argumentation and persuasion in ...
Aletta J. Norval, 2007
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Planning in Postmodern Times
1 The aim ofthis chapter is to chart this terrain andexplorethe potential ofeachfor a rethought planning.I do thisbysetting outthe basisof each approach and criticising it from apersonal perspectivethatis informed by the principles ofa postmodern ...
Philip Allmendinger, 2002
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International Journal of Child & Family Welfare
Residential. care: Last. resort. or. vital. link. in. child. welfare? WALTER. HELLINCKX. Abstract. This paper defends the position that 'rethought' residential care should be an integral part of a continuum of child and family services, so that the ...
Int.journ.chil
10
Entrepreneur Revolution: How to develop your entrepreneurial ...
Rockefeller rethought the way oil was distributed. Carnegie rethought the steel- making process. Morgan rethought financial products. Onassis rethought the way oil was shipped internationally. Then came the second round big thinkers.
Daniel Priestley, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RETHOUGHT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rethought is used in the context of the following news items.
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Pushbullet for Android gets updated with rethought interface, more
Pushbullet has redesigned their app a bunch of times since the service launched, and now they're pushing yet another big update. With the latest version of ... «9 to 5 Google, Jun 15»
2
11th Circ. Wants Sanctions Rethought In Worker's Bias Suit
Law360, Miami (June 17, 2015, 4:53 PM ET) -- The Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday revived an employee's discrimination suit against Waste Management Inc. of ... «Law360, Jun 15»
3
A Midsummer Night's Dream rethought, but respected
A Midsummer Night's Dream rethought, but respected. The King's Town Players' production of A Midsummer Night's Dream is a classic play rebound into a ... «Queen's Journal, Jun 15»
4
HIV treatment rethought as new Papuan data shows massive …
The treatment of HIV may be about to change, thanks to the results of a major international trial that contradicts current medical guidelines. «Radio Australia, May 15»
5
Proposed hand sculpture should be rethought
Proposed hand sculpture should be rethought ... 2015-05-19T17:05:08Z Proposed hand sculpture should be rethoughtDiane D. Schuster Napa Valley Register. «Napa Valley Register, Apr 15»
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Gluten-free matzo balls: A Passover staple rethought
Even if you are an extraordinary home cook, capable of preparing holiday dishes most of us wouldn't even attempt — like traditional Beef Wellington, or the ... «The Journal News | LoHud.com, Mar 15»
7
New MacBook: Computing Rethought
The Apple Watch may have dominated Apple's Spring Forward event earlier this week, but an unexpected new MacBook could herald the future of mobile ... «TechNewsWorld, Mar 15»
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How Scandinavian Airlines Rethought the In-Flight Magazine
How Scandinavian Airlines Rethought the In-Flight Magazine. Marisa Garcia, Skift. Mar 09, 2015 9:04 am. Twitter · Facebook · LinkedIn. Flipboard. «Skift, Mar 15»
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Netanyahu's speech to Congress should be delayed and rethought
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used an illustration in September 2012 as he described his concerns over Iran's nuclear ambitions to the U.N. ... «cleveland.com, Feb 15»
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Perl creator Larry Wall: Rethought version 6 due this year
On the other hand, Perl 6 is also a completely different language that has been rethought and rebalanced on every level, with much stronger support for both ... «InfoWorld, Feb 15»

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