Meaning of rebound in English

rebound

verb [ I ]

/ˌriːˈbaʊnd/ us

/ˌriːˈbaʊnd/

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to bounce back after hitting a hard surface

If an action rebounds on you, it does not have the effect you hoped for but has an unpleasant effect on you instead:

His continual demands for sympathy rebounded on him because his friends finally stopped listening.

to rise in price after a fall:

Cotton rebounded from declines early in the day to end at a higher price.

to exercise by performing jumps and movements on a rebounder (= a piece of equipment like a small trampoline):

We recommend you rebound in suitable trainers, although you can also rebound barefoot.

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Bouncing

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Failing and doing badly

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Exercising & training

rebound

noun [ C or U ]

/ˈriː.baʊnd/ us

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the act of rebounding:

I hit the ball on the rebound (= after it had hit the wall or ground once).

in sports, a ball or puck (= small, round, hard object used in ice hockey) that becomes available after an unsuccessful attempt to score, or an occasion when this happens

in basketball, an occasion when a player successfully gets the ball after a shot (= attempt to score) has been missed:

Over three games he averaged 14.0 points and 8.7 rebounds.

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Bouncing

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Competing in sport

Basketball, netball & volleyball

Idiom

on the rebound

(Definition of rebound from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

rebound | American Dictionary

rebound

verb [ I ]

/ˈri·bɑʊnd, rɪˈbɑʊnd/

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to return to an earlier and better condition; improve:

Older athletes find it harder to rebound from injuries.

If a ball or other object rebounds, it bounces back after hitting a hard surface.

rebound

noun [ C/U ] us

/ˈri·bɑʊnd/

[ U ] The artist is on the rebound from his midcareer slump.

(Definition of rebound from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

rebound | Business English

rebound

verb [ I ]

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FINANCE

if prices, shares, etc. rebound, they increase in value again after a period when they were going down in value:

Cotton rebounded from declines early in the day to end at a higher price.

Shares rebounded 18p to 379p yesterday.

rebound from $18/6.5p/2.6% etc. The group posted a profit last year of $24.8 million, rebounding from a loss of $10.9 million the previous year.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid as much as 53.64 to 5594.01, before rebounding to 5616.21.

ECONOMICS

if an economy or a business activity rebounds, it improves after a difficult period of time:

Tourism in the region is expected to rebound after last year's disastrous oil spill.

Consumer confidence rebounded sharply in July, according to new figures released last week.

the economy/sales/business rebounds Since the most recent downturn, the economy has rebounded, with unemployment below average.

rebound from sth Shares have been rising for weeks amid speculation that the market for 18-wheel trucks is rebounding from a slump.

rebound

noun [ C ]

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ECONOMICS

an improvement in an economy or business activity after a difficult period of time:

Central bankers are still looking for signs of a rebound in a faltering economy.

The group reported a strong rebound in profitability in the first quarter.

a rebound from sth Commodities markets are currently staging a rebound from recent heavy losses.

a sharp/strong/significant/small rebound

an economic/technical/market rebound

be on the rebound

to be increasing in value or improving after being low or not very good:

Sales and membership are on the rebound again, since registration procedures were simplified two years ago.

February spending was on the rebound from a depressed January, when incomes fell a revised 0.5% instead of 0.4% amid severe weather conditions.

(Definition of rebound from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of rebound

rebound

The pressure and temperature inside the bubble rises again and the bubble rebounds.

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The novel kind selection rate of those given pairs first rebounded a bit on the last two pair trials, then fell off on the quartet trials.

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While this approach has undoubtedly reduced their financial risk in respect of inventory, it has rebounded on them with a suddenness and completeness that few predicted.

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The fast buck has finally rebounded on the executive barn conversion.

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