rewatch
part of speech
verb (rewatch, rewatches, rewatched, rewatching); noun (a rewatch, rewatches)
meaning for a pupil
1) To watch a film, show or video again. tree →
2) (noun) The act of watching something again. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life, children rewatch favourite films and series. In school, rewatching a video helps you notice details you missed. Phrases: rewatch a film, on a rewatch, worth a rewatch.
examples
- I have rewatched Frozen ten times. tree →
- On a rewatch, I noticed clues I missed the first time. tree →
- Let's rewatch the goal in slow motion. tree →
- The teacher let us rewatch the science video. tree →
- That film is worth a rewatch. tree →
- We rewatched the whole series over the holidays. tree →
note
Informal but common. Past form: rewatched. Plural noun: rewatches. re- + watch.
In the corpora
- Rewatching a favourite film is a comfort at any age; grown-ups do it too.
- Rewatching a scary film often makes it less scary, because you know what is coming and your body stops being surprised.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «rewatch» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.