rethink

repenser, reconsidérer

Réfléchir de nouveau à quelque chose parce qu’il faudra peut-être le changer.

En anglais simple : If you do this, you consider something again because you may need to change it.

• We must rethink our plan.
• She rethought her decision after speaking to a friend.
• Rising costs have forced them to rethink their strategy.

Comment l'utiliser : rethink something (We need to rethink our plans.)

Synonymes : reconsider, think again about

Expressions courantes : rethink a plan, rethink your approach, rethink something completely

réexamen, remise en question

Nouvel examen attentif d’un projet ou d’une idée, généralement pour décider comment le modifier.

En anglais simple : Another careful look at a plan or idea, usually to decide how to change it.

• This plan needs a rethink.
• Higher costs forced a complete rethink of the project.
• There has been a rethink of the school’s approach.

Comment l'utiliser : rethink of something (The accident prompted a rethink of safety procedures.)

Synonymes : reconsideration, reassessment

Expressions courantes : a complete rethink, need a rethink, rethink of something