Meaning

4 senses
  1. To take something again.

    wieder nehmen, von Neuem nehmen, erneut nehmen

    photograph again

  2. To take something back.

    zurücknehmen

    take back by force, as after a battle

  3. To capture or occupy somewhere again.

    The army tried repeatedly to retake the fort they had been driven from.

    wieder einnehmen

    отбитьotbitʹ, отбиватьotbivatʹ, отвоеватьotvojevatʹ

    capture again

  4. To photograph or film again; to do another take.

    erneut aufnehmen

Examples

27 sentences
  1. I'm planning to retake that exam next month.

  2. Can Tom retake the lead?

  3. Did you retake the exam?

    deHast du die Prüfung wiederholt? — Waldelfe

  4. Mr. Jackson let Tom retake the exam.

  5. Mennad retook the class and passed.

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
recapture:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
take again:
take back:
recapture:
film again:

Forms

retakes, retaking, retook, retaken
Base formretake · to retake
3rd person singularretakes
Present participleretaking
Past simpleretook
Past participleretaken

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyretake
he, she, itretakes

Past simpleLesson

all personsretook

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave retaken
he, she, ithas retaken

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill retake

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relatedretaking
Derivedretaker

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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