Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense retakes, present participle retaking, past tense retook, past participle retakenpronunciation note: The verb is pronounced (riːteɪk). The noun is pronounced (riːteɪk).
1. verb
If a military force retakes a place or building which it has lost in a war or battle, it captures it again.
Residents were moved 30 miles away as the rebels retook the town. [VERB noun]
2. countable noun
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 was dissatisfied with her 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.
I had one year in the sixth form to retake my GCSEs. [VERB noun]
Retake is also a noun.
Limits will be placed on the number of exam retakes students can sit.
retake in British English
verb (riːˈteɪk)Word forms: -takes, -taking, -took or -taken(transitive)