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# rebound

verb (rebound, rebounds, rebounded, rebounding); noun (a rebound, rebounds)

«rebound» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To bounce back after hitting something: "The ball rebounded off the wall." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rebound/#m1)
2. In basketball, a rebound is catching the ball after a missed shot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rebound/#m2)
3. To go back up after going down: "Prices rebounded." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rebound/#m3)

### In the lessons

In PE and sport, the ball rebounds off the wall, the post or the backboard; in basketball, players try to win the rebound. In science, rebound is linked to forces and bouncing. Phrases: on the rebound, rebound off, get the rebound.

### Examples

- The ball rebounded off the goalpost. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rebound/#x1)
- She scored on the rebound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rebound/#x2)
- He jumped high to get the rebound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rebound/#x3)
- The tennis ball rebounds off the wall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rebound/#x4)
- A rubber ball rebounds higher than a clay ball. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rebound/#x5)
- Sales rebounded after the summer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rebound/#x6)
- Watch out for the ball when it rebounds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rebound/#x7)
- The bullet rebounded without harming the spinner, who still spun on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rebound/#x8)

### Note

Regular verb: rebound, rebounded. Stress: the verb is "re-BOUND", the noun is "REE-bound". "Re-" means back or again. In science, a ball rebounds because it squashes and springs back; a softer ball rebounds less high.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «rebound» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rebound/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rebound» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rebound.html) on Mova free.