retake

retake

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ take.

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈteɪk/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːteɪk/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

Verb

retake (third-person singular simple present retakes, present participle retaking, simple past retook, past participle retaken)

1. To take something again.
2. To take something back.
3. To capture or occupy somewhere again.

   The army tried repeatedly to retake the fort they had been driven from.

4. To photograph or film again.

Translations

take again

Bulgarian: вземам отново (vzemam otnovo) Catalan: reprendre (ca) Dutch: hernemen (nl) Finnish: ottaa uudelleen French: reprendre (fr) Old French: reprendre German: wieder nehmen, von Neuem nehmen, erneut nehmen Irish: atóg Italian: riprendere (it) Spanish: retomar (es)

take back

Bulgarian: вземам обратно (vzemam obratno) Catalan: reprendre (ca) Dutch: terugnemen (nl) Esperanto: reakiri Finnish: ottaa takaisin French: reprendre (fr) Old French: reprendre Galician: recuperar (gl) German: zurücknehmen (de) Irish: aisghabh, atóg Italian: riprendersi (it) Spanish: recuperar (es)

recapture

Albanian: please add this translation if you can Armenian: ետ նվաճել (et nvačel), ետ խլել (et xlel) Belarusian: адбіць pf (adbicʹ), адбіваць impf (adbivacʹ), адваяваць pf (advajavacʹ), адваёўваць impf (advajóŭvacʹ) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Dutch: hernemen (nl) Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Estonian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: vallata takaisin French: reprendre (fr) Galician: retomar (gl) Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: wieder einnehmen Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Irish: athghabh Italian: riprendere (it), riprendersi (it) Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Polish: odzyskiwać (pl) impf, odzyskać (pl) pf Romanian: please add this translation if you can Russian: отбить (ru) pf (otbitʹ), отбивать (ru) impf (otbivatʹ), отвоевать (ru) pf (otvojevatʹ), отвоёвывать (ru) impf (otvojóvyvatʹ) Slovak: please add this translation if you can Spanish: retomar (es) Turkish: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

film again

Bulgarian: преснимам (presnimam) Dutch: opnieuw opnemen Esperanto: refilmadi Finnish: kuvata uudelleen French: refilmer (fr) German: erneut aufnehmen Irish: athghlac Manx: aaghlack Spanish: retomar (es)

Noun

retake (plural retakes)

1. a scene that is filmed again, or a picture that is photographed again
2. an instance of resitting an examination

Translations

an instance of resitting an examination — see resit