verb · neutral
rebound
/rɪˈbaʊnd/re·BOUND
task1
to increase again after a drop
Examples
“After two months of decline, consumer spending rebounded in March.”
“Stock prices rebounded quickly following the announcement.”
“Profits rebounded to pre-crisis levels.”
Band 8 sentence
“Consumer spending rebounded strongly in the last quarter, offsetting earlier declines.”
Collocations
- rebound to
- rebound sharply
- quickly rebound
Word family
rebound verb / nounrebounding gerund / adjective
Common mistakes
rebounded up to 15%→rebounded to 15%
the figures rebound quicklyed→the figures rebounded quickly
Say it for a higher band
5increase→6recover→7+rebound
Synonyms
recover
Easily confused
recover
“After the slump, the economy recovered slowly over several years.”
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