re·wind
(ˌ)rē-ˈwīnd 
rewound
(ˌ)rē-ˈwau̇nd
; rewinding
; rewinding
: to wind again
especially
: to reverse the winding of
rewind film
re·wind
ˈrē-ˌwīnd
(ˌ)rē-ˈwīnd
(ˌ)rē-ˈwīnd
Examples of rewind in a Sentence
Verb
Rewind the tape so that we can hear that song again.
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
The story rewinds to the very first night in Glendale, Arizona, as the camera pans over rehearsals inside State Farm Stadium.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
Zach Harper, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Hundreds of miles off the coast of Ecuador, in the very place that inspired Charles Darwin’s seminal theory of evolution, a wild-growing species appears to have hit rewind.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Henshaw-Plath wants to rewind the clock to an era before algorithmic feeds and engagement metrics.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
The story rewinds to the very first night in Glendale, Arizona, as the camera pans over rehearsals inside State Farm Stadium.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
Noun
Let’s rewind this past weekend and start with the extended version of the NBA Stock Market — a Monday staple of our free NBA newsletter, The Bounce.
—Zach Harper, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Hundreds of miles off the coast of Ecuador, in the very place that inspired Charles Darwin’s seminal theory of evolution, a wild-growing species appears to have hit rewind.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Rewind.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rewind. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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