retake
/ɹiːˈteɪk/noun, verb2 syllables
Retake means: take back by force, as after a battle.
Synonyms for retake1
verb, as in take back by force, as after a battle
recapture
verb, as in capture again
recapture
What does retake mean?4
verb
1
take back by force, as after a battle“The military forces managed to recapture the fort”
2
capture again“recapture the escaped prisoner”
3
photograph again“Please retake that scene”
noun
1
a shot or scene that is photographed again
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with retake?26
one syllable
Retake in a sentence
- I'm planning to retake that exam next month.CK
- Ziri's teacher lost his test and made him retake it.Amastan
- Vladimir has the right to retake that exam.Amastan
- I don't know why my teacher wanted me to retake the exam.sundown
- Mennad had to retake the course.OsoHombre
- What day will the retake be?maaster
- Vladimir was able to retake the exam.Amastan
- He has to retake that class.Conjuice
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Forms of retake
as a noun
- plural
- retakes
as a verb
- past tense
- re-took
- past participle
- re-taken
- present participle
- re-taking
- third-person singular
- re-takes