Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - retake

(retook, retaken) 1. 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. = recapture VERB: V n 2. 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, Ron Howard, was dissatisfied with Nicole’s response even after several retakes. N-COUNT 3. 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: V n • Retake is also a noun. Limits will be placed on the number of exam retakes students can sit. = resit N-COUNT