retaken.
/ˈriːteɪk/, U.S. /ˈriˌteɪk/ 1. The action or an act of taking something (in various senses) for a second or further time.
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the world > action or operation > repeating > [noun] > instance of
reviea1592
reprise1607
tautology1639
repeat1855
retake1882
ditto1887
redo1949
riff1952
1882 Photogr. Mosaics 18 19 Indeed, this practice of claiming a retake on the part of the exacting public has become an intolerable tax upon the photographer.
1939 Sun (Baltimore) 17 Feb. 1/8 The purpose of repeating the testimony was to get a record which is to be made public... Senator Sheppard..announced, however, that the re-take of testimony was ‘practically concluded’.
1977 Irish Press 29 Sept. 18/6 McGhee took the spot-kick, but the 'keeper saved his shot, only to see the referee order a retake because the 'keeper had moved before the ball was kicked.
2004 D. V. Lovecky Different Minds iii. 112 Most children allow mistakes, retakes of turns, and suggest strategies and ways to win when they are teaching another to play a game.
2.
a. Film and Television. The action or an act of filming a scene for a second or further time, esp. in order to perfect it; (also) the result of this.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > [noun] > filming again
reshooting1840
retake1913
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > [noun] > a take or retake
retake1913
take1918
reshoot1930
1913 F. Agnew Motion Picture Acting ix. 72 He is then out of the picture, usually spoiling the scene, necessitating a retake.
1918 H. Croy How Motion Pictures are Made v. 126 Directly on finishing the scene it is filmed again, the second exposure being called a ‘retake’.
1930 C. Beaton Diary in Wandering Years (1961) 193 The scene was ‘in the can’ after twenty-five retakes.
1960 Guardian 12 Dec. 6/2 There's so much to go wrong [in television], the cameras jamming, the lens sticking, and no re-takes.
2004 All About Soap 23 Oct. 66/3 I tried to get through the scene, but in the end I just gave up and we had to do a retake.
b. figurative and in extended use. A second look at or consideration of something; a reassessment. Also: a reconstruction or recreation of a past event, work, etc.; a reprise.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > an imitation
resemblant1484
patterna1500
counterfeiture1548
counterfeit1587
idol1590
reduplication1592
copy1596
module1608
imitationa1616
mockage1615
echo1622
conduplicationa1631
transcript1646
ectype1647
mime1650
duplicating1659
mimicry1688
replication1692
shadow1693
reproduction1701
mimication?1715
repetition1774
replicate1821
autotype1829
replica1841
re-creation1915
retake1922
mock-up1957
reprise1961
the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > reconsideration > [noun]
rethinking1579
second thoughts1581
recogitationc1591
reconsideration1606
after-wit1607
after-meditation1626
after-counsel1634
remeditation1642
afterthought1647
after-consideration1693
after-rumination1830
retake1922
rethink1958
1922 N. W. Putnam Laughter Limited xxii. 242 If you think you have come out here to live on me you can make a retake. Nothing doing.
1937 Sun (Baltimore) 14 May 21/2 In motion-picture parlance, the Preakness at Pimlico Saturday will be a retake of the Kentucky Derby.
1959 Punch 20 May 686/2 She took a quick retake at the title, and..tried to stuff it..inside her blouse.
1989 J. P. Walsh School for Lovers (1996) 8 As he often does when things go wrong, he runs a rapid retake through his mind of the last few hours, looking for the moment of error.
2000 A. Calcutt Brit Cult 358/2 In 1999, Vic and Bob introduced Families at War , a tongue-in-cheek retake of programmes like the Generation Game, Telly Addicts, and Ask The Family.
c. Sound Recording. A second or further recording of a particular piece of music, etc.
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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > [noun]
take1926
audio recording1928
retake1946
1946 Billboard 8 June 18/1 Oftentime, the band leader or singer is dissatisfied with etching and wants a retake.
1963 V. Gielgud in Times 22 Apr. 16/7 A certain perfectionism is possible in tape recording, but I feel that something is wrong if I personally have to go back and do retakes.
1998 Gramophone Jan. 79/2 There is audience noise but no applause, so presumably these are live performances with retakes patched in.
3. An act of retaking an examination; (also) an examination held specifically to enable candidates to retake. Cf. resit n. 2.
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society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > resit
post-mortem1827
make-up1934
resit1939
retake1976
1976 R. Massey When I was Young xii. 90 I had also accomplished a successful retake of an algebra flunk in the previous year's junior matric.
1986 Daily Tel. 11 June 15/1 The spectre of January retakes at some smart London crammer.
1997 Courier-Jrnl. (Louisville, Kentucky) 10 Aug. b1/6 Retakes could be taken each following semester.
2000 M. Dalphinis in C. Newland & K. Sesay IC3 55 Before my retakes some kind individuals outlined to me what the requirements of the exam were and also helped me make a systematic analysis of my errors.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
retakev.
/(ˌ)riːˈteɪk/, U.S. /rəˈteɪk/, /riˈteɪk/ 1.
a. transitive. To take again (in various senses); (also) to take back.
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the mind > possession > taking > take [verb (transitive)] > take again or back
retake1567
regain1592
re-win1606
repeat1909
1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Ciij Takinge, reiectinge, retakinge the fashions lefte, and gone.
c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lx. 4 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 66 O god bee reconcil'd, Our leading now retake.
1609 J. Davies Holy Roode sig. D2 Wilt haue those Soules which thou in vs didst settle? Retake them as thine owne.
1681 P. Bellon tr. F. de Monginot New Myst. Physick 68 The Remedy being re-taken, after some time of rest, makes a greater Impression.
1721 R. Bradley Philos. Acct. Wks. Nature 79 They retook the Blue Colour they had at first.
1799 M. Hays Victim of Prejudice v. 104 He advanced towards me with an air respectful and timid, attempting to retake my resisting hand.
1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. vi. 106 She retook her chosen place at the bottom of the table. View more context for this quotation
1885 Law Times Rep. 52 876/2 It is not a declaration that the vendor intends to retake possession.
1903 S. J. A. Fitz-Gerald Love-thirst of Elaine xxii. 178 Now she would retake control of her property, and live independently of them all.
1973 ‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Starry Bird vi. 82 You have to retake all those pictures this morning.
2006 Laws of Game July i. 39 The free kick is retaken.
b. intransitive. To take something for a second or further time; (also) to take something back into one's possession. Now rare.
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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > record [verb (intransitive)] > record something again
retake1647
1647 Reading R. Brook upon Statute of Limitations 127 Tenant in tayle discontinueth, and retaketh in fee, and grants a Rent charge.
1848 R. Philip Devotional Guides II. ix. 205 He who gave can retake.
1889 ‘Glenelg’ Broken Shackles xxxiv. 183 The Fugitive Slave Law gave the right to re-take.
1914 Yale Law Jrnl. 23 532 Before the seller became repossessed of the goods, he had, after default, a right of action plus a right to retake.
2. transitive. To recapture (a place, person, etc.). Also intransitive.
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society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > capture or acquire by conquest > recapture
retake1594
recarry1675
recapture1784
1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne iii. 106 Soone from the prayer she doth pray retake, The troope of Frankes now step by step retire.
1600 R. Churche tr. M. Fumée Hist. Troubles Hungarie viii. 288 Not any profit or commoditie could come to him in retaining the Castle of Sachmar (which alreadie had been taken and retaken twice).
1652 F. Kirkman tr. A. Du Périer Loves Clerio & Lozia 190 This Treason was so utilious to this Barbarian, and so prejudicial to ours, that he..retook the Towns.
1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. viii. 274 Who retook the Standard of Guyen..lost to the French in a fierce charge.
1724 T. Richers tr. Hist. Royal Geneal. Spain 186 Gibralter, which the Christians endeavour'd afterwards ineffectually to retake.
a1745 J. Swift William II in Wks. (1768) XIII. 256 The king..retook his prisoner, and..sent him into Normandy.
1766 J. Burrow Rep. Court King's Bench 2 689 Our Ships of War..cruise, in order to re-take, as well as to take.
1813 C. Lamb in Philanthropist Jan. 50 The devil could not have devised a more subtle trap to retake a backsliding penitent.
1884 Spectator 4 Oct. 1286/1 The siege had been raised and Berber retaken.
1915 M. Gyte Diary 25 Sept. (1999) 63 The Russians..seem to be giving some counter attack and retaking a few of their lost places.
1940 Commerce Clearing House War Law Service (ed. 2) V. 65,573/2 ‘Reprise’ is the term used for a vessel captured by the enemy and retaken from him before he has condemned it or used it for warlike enterprises.
2002 Hist. Scotl. May–June 37/2 Cope's immediate objective was to bring the Jacobite army to battle, destroy it, and re-take Edinburgh.
3. Chess.
a. intransitive. To take an opponent's piece immediately after a piece of one's own has been taken by that piece.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [verb (intransitive)] > tactics
to make a queen1562
neck1597
castle1656
attack1735
retake1750
rook1850
1750 ‘A. D. Philidor’ Chess Analysed 85 If instead of playing his Queen, he had taken your Knight, you must have then retaken with your Queen.
1822 J. Cochrane Treat. Game of Chess 192 On the Black taking the queen's knight with his bishop, the White must not retake immediately.
1879 Westm. Papers 1 Feb. 222/3 If P takes P, it will be necessary to retake before playing B to Kt 2.
1921 Amer. Chess Bull. 18 104/2 In both the games mentioned White now played BxKt, and Black retook with the Pawn.
1953 F. Reinfeld Compl. Chess Course vii. 503 If Black retakes with his Knight, he will allow White to lord it over the center.
1997 Washington Times (Nexis) 24 May b4 Retake with the c-pawn and leave the b6 pawn chronically weak on a half-open file.
b. transitive. To take (an opponent's piece) immediately after a piece of one's own has been taken by that piece.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [verb (transitive)] > tactics
to shut up1474
to take upc1475
neck1597
catch1674
to discover check1688
attack1735
retreat1744
fork1745
pin1745
retake1750
guard1761
interpose1761
castle1764
retract1777
to take (a pawn) en passant1818
capture1820
decline1847
cook1851
undouble1868
unpin1878
counter1890
fidate1910
sacrifice1915
fianchetto1927
1750 ‘A. D. Philidor’ Chess Analysed 116 The Pawn retakes the Pawn.
1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. I. at Chess You must retake the Bishop with your Knight, who will then defend your King's Pawn.
1864 R. Wormald Chess Openings v. 43 Retaking the Pawn with Knight at once is considered inferior.
1894 Yale Wit & Humor 49/1 Our [chess] team appears to have executed a masterly flank movement in ‘retaking the exchanged Pawn in the Ruy Lopez’.
1935 J. R. Capablanca Primer of Chess iii. 65 If White retakes the Pawn, Black arrives on time with his King.
2004 Boston Globe (Nexis) 3 Aug. d10 White retakes a pawn with his bishop in the center.
4. transitive. To take (an examination or examinations) again; to resit. Cf. retake n. 3. Also intransitive.
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society > education > educational administration > examination > examine [verb (intransitive)] > sit > resit
retake1904
resit1926
1904 Ann. Rep. 1903 (College Dept. Univ. State N.Y.) r27 His only redress was to retake the examinations.
1949 E. Atkinson Perfect Idiot iii. 84 You mean, I can retake the exam?
1977 C. Dexter Silent World N. Quinn vii. 67 She's re-taking a few O-levels.
1998 Daily Tel. 21 Aug. 13/4 It is great knowing I don't have to retake or go through clearing.
2005 ‘Dr. X’ Insider's Guide to getting into Med. School iv. 36 If you are retaking the exam, be sure to re-study for each section of the test.
5. transitive. Film and Television. To film (a scene) for a second or further time, esp. in order to perfect it. Cf. retake n. 2a. Also intransitive.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > film [verb (transitive)] > again
reshoota1618
retake1915
1915 ‘B. M. Bower’ Jean of Lazy A xiv. 187 It hurt the professional soul of Robert Grant Burns to retake a scene so compellingly dramatic.
1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio vi. 115 Discreetly discourage phrases such as ‘as I've just said’, and retake if they are not cleanly editable.
1972 D. Francis Smokescreen i. 9 I couldn't stand many more retakes of Scene 623... We had retaken it six times.
2000 A. Rowlands Continuity Supervisor 128 The continuity might have been wrong but the performance so stunning that the director might not wish to retake the shot.
Derivatives
reˈtaken adj.
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society > armed hostility > defeat > [adjective] > captured > recaptured
retaken1658
recaptured1780
1658 Mercurius Politicus No. 406. 376 The retaken places Lemnos and Tenedos, are full of solidiers, and wel provided with all manner of Necessaries.
1692 London Gaz. No. 2793/4 Yesterday came into this Port the Deptford Frigat from Falmouth, with a re-taken Merchant-man.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Reprise, a retaken ship.
1881 M. Reid Free Lances I. ix. 94 The retaken escapadoes had been brought back.
1922 N.Y. Suppl. 192 407 The balance unpaid on the purchase price of the retaken cement had not been fixed.
1999 Mirror (Nexis) 26 Oct. 44 They bounced back from the defeat to beat United 2-0 at Tannadice, including a controversial retaken penalty.
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