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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The government said offering an alternative would "break down barriers to opportunity", because white working class pupils were twice as likely to need to resit than their better-off classmates.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2025
Jill Duffy, chief executive of the exam board OCR, has said these pupils end up getting stuck in a years-long cycle of resits - and that we're now seeing a "resit crisis".
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025
This year, they will have to prepare for even more resit students.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2024
However, it found those from overseas had more opportunities to resit exams than A-level students.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2024
Exams sat in November are typically resits, although students can also resit in the summer.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2024
Here is your guide to this year's results, appeals and resits.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2025
They want Pearson to review and reduce the grade boundary increase, to offer free re-marks and resits for those affected, and to refund exam entry fees.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2024
In England, students need maths and English GCSEs at grade 4 or above to qualify for further study - although they can study for resits alongside their new subject choices.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2024
That, in turn, meant that tens of thousands more students needed to take compulsory resits, as students in England need grade 4s or above in English and maths to qualify for further study.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2024
By heating resols, resitols are formed which, on further heating, are finally converted into resits.
From Synthetic Tannins by Grasser, Georg
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
Millions of hopeful medical students across India are resitting a crucial exam under unprecedented security, after the first paper was cancelled following allegations that the questions had been leaked.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
Ministers also plan to reduce the number of teenagers resitting maths and English GCSEs by introducing an alternative qualification.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2025
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
Pupils resitting are far less likely to pass than those sitting the exams for the first time.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025
The young woman, who was 19, had just finished resitting her A-level exams.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 4, 2018
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