rewind
- 01 B2 Upper Intermediate
v.to go back or think back to a time in the past.
v.to mentally or narratively return to a previous point in time or a previous stage of a conversation.
Simple“Let's rewind for a second and look at what happened before the accident.”
In context“If I could rewind to the start of the year, I would have made very different investment choices.”
Teacher's tipCommonly used in meetings or storytelling to clarify a point that was missed earlier.
- 02 C1 Advanced
v.to wind something up a second time.
v.to wind a physical object, such as a spring or a spool, again.
Simple“The technician had to rewind the copper coil to fix the motor.”
In context“After the spring snapped, the clockmaker had to carefully rewind the mechanism to ensure the tension was correct.”
Synonymsre coilAntonyms - 03 B1 Intermediate
n.the act of going back in a recording, or the button you press to do it.
n.the function, mechanism, or act of reversing media playback.
Simple“I missed that last sentence; can you give it a quick rewind?”
In context“The remote control was so worn that the rewind button no longer responded to touch.”
Synonyms
From re- + wind.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.