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retear

/ɹiːˈtɛə(ɹ)/

retear verb: to tear again.

Verb

retear (third-person singular simple present retears, present participle retearing, simple past retore, past participle retorn)

  1. To tear again.
    • “We feel the risk is very limited that he will retear his labrum during that six- to seven-month period.”2009 March 9, Joe Lapointe, “Surgery Will Keep Alex Rodriguez Out Until May”, in New York Times

Forms of retear

third-person singular presentretears
present participleretearing
pastretore
past participleretorn

Origin of retear

From re- + tear.

Questions about retear

What does retear mean?
Retear means to tear again.
What part of speech is retear?
Retear is a verb.
How do you pronounce retear?
Retear is pronounced /ɹiːˈtɛə(ɹ)/.
What is the past tense of retear?
The past tense of retear is retore.

Words near retear in the dictionary

  1. reteaching
  2. reteam
  3. reteamed
  4. reteaming
  5. reteams
  6. retear
  7. retearing
  8. retears
  9. retease
  10. reteased
  11. reteases

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