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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
retake
I.verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
retake an exam (also resit an exam British English) (= take it again because you did not do well the first time)
▪ If you don’t do well, you’ll have to resit the exam in January.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Government forces have retaken control of the city.
▪ He decided to retake the course and try to get a higher grade.
▪ Julie's had to retake her driving test at least three times.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A student who fails any assignment will normally be required to retake the failed assignment.
▪ At all costs the Bois had to be retaken.
▪ Explosions and gunfire from the east side of the city suggested an attempt to retake the civilian centres was under way.
▪ In two months we would return to retake the valley.
▪ Johnnie sat away from the window retaking the center of the seat.
▪ Once again the Democratic party may have thrown away a historic opportunity to retake the White House.
▪ She would have to retake the course in the summer.
II.noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Sitcom work requires a lot of retakes.
▪ The exam is in June. Retakes will be held in September.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Four retakes of my shivering acquaintanceship with the wintry waves were needed.
▪ The cast was hysterical with fatigue and, with retakes, the show took five and a half hours.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Retake

Retake \Re*take"\, v. t.

  1. To take or receive again.

  2. To take from a captor; to recapture; as, to retake a ship or prisoners.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
retake

mid-15c., "to take back," from re- "back, again" + take (v.). Meaning "to recapture" is recorded from 1640s; sense of "to record a second time" is attested from 1962. Related: Retook; retaking; retaken. As a noun from 1918; figurative use from 1937.

Wiktionary
retake

n. a scene that is filmed again, or a picture that is photographed again vb. 1 to take something again 2 to take something back 3 to capture or occupy somewhere again 4 to photograph or film again

WordNet
retake
  1. n. a shot or scene that is photographed again

  2. v. take back by force, as after a battle; "The military forces managed to recapture the fort" [syn: recapture]

  3. capture again; "recapture the escaped prisoner" [syn: recapture]

  4. photograph again; "Please retake that scene"

  5. [also: retook, retaken]

Usage examples of "retake".

She reminded Addis that she had joined him when he came to retake his home.

Revuelta is a wealthy Cuban expatriate who is suspected of financing Ultima Hora, a group of Cuban mercenaries bent upon retaking the island.

Tenth took part in a brave but, frankly, suicidal attempt to retake Kneck Keep a few days ago, sir.

When they get in and drive the Russians out, there they are in a big circular fort, just as they were in the Mamelon, and can hold their own, no matter how many men the Russians bring up to retake it.

Bligh, standing up, raised his clenched hand and cursed the mutineers bitterly, swearing vengeance against those on the ship who would not help him to retake her.

That meant that the retaking of lands lost during the invasion the previous summer would be left to Owen Greylock, Knight-Marshal of Krondor, and Erik von Darkmoor, Knight-Captain of the Crimson Eagles, an elite mobile force of handpicked men.

He would need three times the number of swords he has at his call to stand a chance of retaking Ylith.

He saves thousands of lives and accelerates the retaking of the Western Realm by a year if he agrees.

The earlier the city is secured, the faster we can turn north toward Sarth and start retaking the Bitter Sea coast and Yabon.

A day of mourning had been announced for Duke Arutha and the others who had fallen in retaking Sarth.

Yabon City is now at grave peril and we are no closer to retaking Ylith than we were at first thaw!

Once, retaking her throne, her birthright, had been the only dream of her heart.

Kin began helping them, the Tower knew exactly where any runaway was heading, and they began retaking nine out often.

He intimated to Bernadotte that he had a sure opportunity of retaking Finland, a conquest which would gratify his subjects and win their attachment to him.

That was when we were retaking the outer defenses and we were covered on a narrow front.