retake
/ɹiːˈteɪk/
retake verb: to take something again.
Verb
retake (third-person singular simple present retakes, present participle retaking, simple past retook, past participle retaken)
Noun
IPA/ˈɹiːteɪk/
retake (plural retakes)
- a scene that is filmed again, or a picture that is photographed again
- an instance of resitting an examination
retake meaning in Tamil
retake in Tamil
- மீட்டும் படம்பிடித்தெடுத்தல், காட்சியின் மறுபடப்பிடிப்பு, காட்சியின் மறுபிடிப்புப்படம்
Examples of retake in a sentence
- Though outarmed, Maccabee's forces pushed the enemy soldiers out of Jerusalem, and retook the sacred temple.
- A see-saw opening 45 minutes ended 2-2, Harry Kane scoring England’s goals, the first from a retaken penalty.
- She came in to talk about retakes.
Forms of retake
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | retakes |
| present participle | retaking |
| past | retook |
| past participle | retaken |
| alternative form | re-take |
| Noun | |
| plural | retakes |
Origin of retake
From re- + take.
Words formed from retake
Words that rhyme with retake
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- flake
- slake
- stake
- wake
- sheikh
- strake
- betake
- mosaic
- blake
- fake
- jake
- opaque
- forsake
- lake
- mistake
- raik
- sake
- claik
- hake
- partake
- quake
- Spirit Lake
- steak
- ache
- remake
- spake
- tea break
- wrake
- ake
- alphamosaic
- ashake
- Choctaw Lake
- crake
- Deer Lake
- demake
- eastern green drake
- glass snake
- laik
- moonquake
- Mud Lake
- nake
- overtake
- parliament cake
- prison break
- radiopaque
- rattlesnake
- reshake
- sodaic
Questions about retake
- What does retake mean?
- Retake means to take something again.
- What is retake in Tamil?
- Retake in Tamil is மீட்டும் படம்பிடித்தெடுத்தல், காட்சியின் மறுபடப்பிடிப்பு, காட்சியின் மறுபிடிப்புப்படம். See Retake meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is retake?
- Retake can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce retake?
- Retake is pronounced /ɹiːˈteɪk/.
- What is the past tense of retake?
- The past tense of retake is retook.
Words near retake in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: retake (page history and authors); retake (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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