retake

[ verb ree-teyk; noun ree-teyk ]
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verb (used with object),re·took [ree-took], /riˈtʊk/, re·tak·en, re·tak·ing.
  1. to take again; take back.

  2. to recapture.

  1. to photograph or film again.

noun
  1. the act of photographing or filming again.

  2. a picture, scene, sequence, etc., that is to be or has been photographed or filmed again.

Origin of retake

1
First recorded in 1580–90; re- + take

Other words from retake

  • re·tak·er, noun

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How to use retake in a sentence

  • At different times we retook men that had been captives for varying lengths of time.

    War in the Garden of Eden | Kermit Roosevelt
  • The reserves, however, held on, and the Inniskilling Fusiliers retook the trenches which the 57th had lost.

    1914 | John French, Viscount of Ypres
  • They retook the guns, but were sorely disappointed to discover that the Germans had rendered them useless.

British Dictionary definitions for retake

retake

verb(riːˈteɪk) -takes, -taking, -took or -taken (tr)
  1. to take back or capture again: to retake a fortress

  2. films to shoot again (a shot or scene)

  1. to tape again (a recording)

noun(ˈriːˌteɪk)
  1. films a rephotographed shot or scene

  2. a retaped recording

Derived forms of retake

  • retaker, noun

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