resit
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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resits,
present (3rd person singular)
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resat,
past participle, past
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resitting
present participle
noun
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resits
plural
verb
noun
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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resitsimple
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resitssimple
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have resatperfect
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has resatperfect
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am resittingprogressive
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are resittingprogressive
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is resittingprogressive
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have been resittingperfect progressive
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has been resittingperfect progressive
Past
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resatsimple
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had resatperfect
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was resittingprogressive
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were resittingprogressive
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had been resittingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of resit
First recorded in 1925–30; re- ( def. ) + sit 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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See Examples For:
She said her message to others who might be stuck in the resit cycle is: "Keep at it".
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
She said this year's resit figures were "disappointing and slightly demoralising for everybody" but not a "huge surprise".
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The pass rate for those who resit is far lower than it is for Year 11s.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025
Jill Duffy, the head of the OCR exam board, said there was a "resit crisis".
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025
However, it said international students had a greater choice of courses, and on foundation programmes had “more opportunities” to succeed through resit than A-level or Scottish Higher students.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2024
The government said it wanted to stop the "endless treadmill of unnecessary resits".
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The next set of resits for English and maths are expected to take place in November 2026.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
"So, they are re-sitting, and they're entering this dispiriting, if you like, cycle of resits."
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025
The Association of School and College Leaders called the policy "demoralising", while the Association of Colleges said resits "can undermine confidence and motivation".
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025
By heating resols, resitols are formed which, on further heating, are finally converted into resits.
From Synthetic Tannins by Georg Grasser
Ultimately, the crew resat him elsewhere, but the ordeal took some time.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 10, 2026
But a growing proportion of those opening results are older, having resat the English or maths GCSEs that they didn't pass the first time around.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025
He has also gained an apprenticeship and resat Maths and English.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2024
"It's horrendous making him keep doing it. I don't think it's fair, the pressure on them to keep resitting it," mum Marriane said.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Some will have been mature students sitting exams for the first time, but most were young people resitting papers.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Some would be mature students sitting exams for the first time, but most would have been young people resitting papers.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2025
This meant resitting six exams the following year, and a fixed fee of £150 per exam was agreed.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2023
Some of them end up resitting multiple times.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2023
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