retake

English

Etymology

From re- ‎ take.

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈteɪk/

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• (verb) Rhymes: -eɪk
• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːteɪk/

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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