noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   a scene that is filmed again, or a picture that is photographed again
2. 2
   a shot or scene that is photographed again wordnet
3. 3
   an instance of resitting an examination

Verb

1. 1
   To take something again.
2. 2
   photograph again wordnet
3. 3
   To take something back.
4. 4
   capture again wordnet
5. 5
   To capture or occupy somewhere again.

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

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6. 6
   take back by force, as after a battle wordnet
7. 7
   To photograph or film again.

Synonyms

All synonyms

recaptureboom shotclose upclose-updeuce shotfollow-focus shot

Example

More examples

"I may have to retake Arabic Level 5."

Etymology

From re- + take.

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