retakeverb [ T ]
uk/ˌriːˈteɪk/us/ˌriːˈteɪk/retook, retakenretake verb [ T ] (EXAM)
to take an exam again because you failed it the first time:
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Exams, tests & exercises
- achievement test
- AP
- cloze test
- drill
- entrance exam
- exercise
- flunk
- IB
- IELTS
- invigilate
- mock
- oral
- prelim
- resat
- resit
- road test
- script
- sit
- TOEFL
- trial
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retake verb [ T ] (GET BACK)
to take something such as a place or position into your possession again, often by force, after losing possession of it:
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Giving, bringing or getting back
- bring
- bring sth back
- claw
- claw sth back
- go
- go back
- money-back
- non-returnable
- put
- recover
- redeem
- replace
- restitution
- restore
- retrieve
- return
- reversion
- send
- take
- take sth back
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retake verb [ T ] (PHOTOGRAPH/FILM)
to take a photograph or shoot a part of a film again
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Repeating an action
- bring
- bring sth back
- circle
- come/go/turn full circle idiom
- comeback
- do sth over
- eye
- iterative
- keep on doing sth
- keep your eye in idiom
- performance
- practice
- repeat
- revert
- revert to sth
- revisit
- there you go again idiom
- warm
- warm sth over
- wave
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retakenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈriː.teɪk/us/ˈriː.teɪk/retake noun [ C ] (EXAM)
an exam that you take again because you failed it the first time:
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Exams, tests & exercises
- achievement test
- AP
- cloze test
- drill
- entrance exam
- exercise
- flunk
- IB
- IELTS
- invigilate
- mock
- oral
- prelim
- resat
- resit
- road test
- script
- sit
- TOEFL
- trial
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retake noun [ C ] (FILM)
a part of a film that must be shot again to change or improve it:
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Cinema - general words
- 12A
- animation
- animator
- best boy
- Bollywood
- boom
- CGI
- filming
- filmstrip
- footage
- freeze-frame
- gaffer
- pan
- shoot
- showing
- slide projector
- slow motion
- soundtrack
- storyboard
- the big screen 1
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