retake

retake
retakes, retaking, retook, retaken
(The verb is pronounced [[t]riːte͟ɪk[/t]]. The noun is pronounced [[t]ri͟ːteɪk[/t]].)
1) VERB If a military force retakes a place or building which it has lost in a war or battle, it captures it again.

[V n] Residents were moved 30 miles away as the rebels retook the town.

Syn:
2) N-COUNT If during the making of a film there is a retake of a particular scene, that scene is filmed again because it needs to be changed or improved.

The director, Ron Howard, was dissatisfied with Nicole's response even after several retakes.

3) VERB If you retake a course or an examination, you take it again because you failed it the first time.

[V n] I had one year in the sixth form to retake my O levels.

Syn:
N-COUNT
Retake is also a noun.

Limits will be placed on the number of exam retakes students can sit.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • Retake — Re*take , v. t. 1. To take or receive again. [1913 Webster] 2. To take from a captor; to recapture; as, to retake a ship or prisoners. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • retake — index attach (seize), reclaim, recoup (regain), recover, rescue Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton …   Law dictionary

  • retake — (v.) mid 15c., to take back, from RE (Cf. re ) back, again + TAKE (Cf. take) (v.). Meaning to recapture is recorded from 1640s; sense of to record a second time is attested from 1962 …   Etymology dictionary

  • retake — (izg. ritȇjk) m DEFINICIJA film. ponovno snimanje istoga kadra ETIMOLOGIJA engl. ≃ re + take: snimka, snimiti …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • retake — ► VERB (past retook; past part. retaken) 1) take (a test or examination) again. 2) regain possession of. ► NOUN 1) a test or examination that is retaken. 2) an instance of filming a scene or recording a piece of music again …   English terms dictionary

  • retake — [rē tāk′; ] for n. [ rē′tāk΄] vt. retook, retaken, retaking 1. to take again, take back, or recapture ☆ 2. to photograph again n. 1. a retaking ☆ 2. a film or video scene rephotographed or to be rephotographed …   English World dictionary

  • retake — I UK [ˌriːˈteɪk] / US [ˌrɪˈteɪk] verb [transitive] Word forms retake : present tense I/you/we/they retake he/she/it retakes present participle retaking past tense retook UK [ˌriːˈtʊk] / US [ˌrɪˈtʊk] past participle retaken UK [ˌriːˈteɪkən] / US… …   English dictionary

  • retake — re|take1 [ ,ri teık ] (past tense re|took [ ,ri tuk ] ; past participle re|tak|en [ ,ri teıkən ] ) verb transitive 1. ) to take control of a place again using military force: Soldiers came to retake the village. 2. ) to photograph or record… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Retake — Re|take 〈[ri:tɛık] n. 15〉 Neu , Nachaufnahme (einer nichtgelungenen Filmszene) [engl., „Neuaufnahme“, eigtl. „wiedernehmen“] * * * Re|take [ri teɪk], das; [s], s <meist Pl.> [engl. retake, zu: to retake = wieder an , ein , aufnehmen] (Film) …   Universal-Lexikon

  • retake — re|take1 [ˌri:ˈteık] v past tense retook [ ˈtuk ] past participle retaken [ ˈteıkən] [T] 1.) to get control of an area again in a war = ↑recapture ▪ an attempt to retake the city 2.) to take an examination again because you have previously failed …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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