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rewind

[ verb ree-wahynd; noun ree-wahynd ]

verb (used with or without object)

rewound or (Rare) rewinded; rewinding.
  1. to wind again.
  2. to wind back to or toward the beginning; reverse.


noun

  1. an act or instance of rewinding.
  2. Recording.
    1. a function of an audio or video recorder or player, as a cassette deck or DVR, that returns the audio or video incrementally to an earlier point.
    2. the button or other control that activates this reversing function.
  3. a camera control or mechanism used to wind film back into a film cassette.

rewind

verb

  1. tr to wind back, esp a film or tape onto the original reel
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. something rewound
  2. the act of rewinding
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈɾԻ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·ɾԻİ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of rewind1

First recorded in 1710–20; re- + wind 2
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I had to stop and rewind the conversation.

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But if you rewind to the start of this campaign, hopes of success under Postecoglou didn't seem too outlandish.

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To understand the extent of that we have to rewind to August when an independent tribunal cleared him of wrongdoing.

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There’s a confusing beat when, without warning, the film switches cities and rewinds a day.

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He was too busy rewinding to break down the key moments.

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