Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to rebound
Participle: rebounded
Gerund: rebounding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | rebound |
| you | rebound |
| he;she;it | rebounds |
| we | rebound |
| you | rebound |
| they | rebound |
Perfect
| I | have rebounded |
| you | have rebounded |
| he;she;it | has rebounded |
| we | have rebounded |
| you | have rebounded |
| they | have rebounded |
Past
| I | rebounded |
| you | rebounded |
| he;she;it | rebounded |
| we | rebounded |
| you | rebounded |
| they | rebounded |
Pluperfect
| I | had rebounded |
| you | had rebounded |
| he;she;it | had rebounded |
| we | had rebounded |
| you | had rebounded |
| they | had rebounded |
Future
| I | will rebound |
| you | will rebound |
| he;she;it | will rebound |
| we | will rebound |
| you | will rebound |
| they | will rebound |
Future Perfect
| I | will have rebounded |
| you | will have rebounded |
| he;she;it | will have rebounded |
| we | will have rebounded |
| you | will have rebounded |
| they | will have rebounded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | rebound |
| you | rebound |
| he;she;it | rebound |
| we | rebound |
| you | rebound |
| they | rebound |
Perfect
| I | have rebounded |
| you | have rebounded |
| he;she;it | have rebounded |
| we | have rebounded |
| you | have rebounded |
| they | have rebounded |
Imperfect
| I | rebounded |
| you | rebounded |
| he;she;it | rebounded |
| we | rebounded |
| you | rebounded |
| they | rebounded |
Pluperfect
| I | had rebounded |
| you | had rebounded |
| he;she;it | had rebounded |
| we | had rebounded |
| you | had rebounded |
| they | had rebounded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would rebound |
| you | would rebound |
| he;she;it | would rebound |
| we | would rebound |
| you | would rebound |
| they | would rebound |
Perfect
| I | would have rebounded |
| you | would have rebounded |
| he;she;it | would have rebounded |
| we | would have rebounded |
| you | would have rebounded |
| they | would have rebounded |
Imperative
| you | rebound |
| we | Let's rebound |
| you | rebound |
Verbs conjugated like 'rebound'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'rebound'
rebond,
redound,
refound,
remound,
resound,
abound,
bewound,
bound,
debond,
embound,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1300, "to spring, leap," also "return to afflict" (1412), from O.Fr. rebondir "leap back, resound," from re- "back" + bondir "leap, bound" (see bound (v.)). Sense of "to spring back from force of impact" is recorded from 1398. Sports use probably first in tennis; basketball sense is attested from 1954. The noun is first recorded 1530.
2. From Old French rebondir.
Sample Sentences
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Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one another. [1704, I[saac] N[ewton], “(please specify |book=1 to 3)”, in Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. […], London: […] Sam[uel] Smith, and Benj[amin] Walford, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC:]
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Martin Kelly fired in a dangerous cross and the Hearts defender looked on in horror as the ball rebounded off him and into the net. [2012 August 23, Alasdair Lamont, “Hearts 0-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:]
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each cave and echoing rock rebounds [a. 1714, Alexander Pope, Autumn:]
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“Even after this utter devastation, most people in the Greenwood community, most African Americans in Tulsa said to themselves and to their larger community, ‘we shall not be moved.’ And they rebounded and rebuilt and created an incarnation of Black Wall Street that would surpass its initial version.” [2021 May 20, Ashley Vaughan, “Remembering Black Wall Street: Ways to invest in Tulsa and champion Black businesses”, in CNN, archived from the original on 31 May 2021:]
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Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound, / And carry to the skies the sacred sound. [1697, Virgil, “Pastoral 6”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:]
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By the mid-19605, the top small forwards in the game were Rick Barry and Iohn Havlicek, both of whom excelled as defenders and passers, rebounded well, and provided their respective teams with exceptional scoring. [2013, Robert W. Cohen, Pro Basketball's All-time All-stars: Across the Eras, page xxi:]
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I knew for sure if Griffin blocked shots and rebounded the basketball my Ravens would become champions. [2021, Ronald Lee Fleming, Rise of the Ravens, page 2021:]