retake

[ree-teyk, ree-teyk]

verb (used with object)

retook, retaken, retaking. 

1. to take again; take back.

2. to recapture.

3. 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.

retake

verb

1. to take back or capture again

   to retake a fortress

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

3. to tape again (a recording)

noun

1. films a rephotographed shot or scene

2. a retaped recording

Other Word Forms

• retaker noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of retake¹

First recorded in 1580–90; re- + take

Example Sentences

He initially failed but said he passed a retake by watching the medic testing him "press the button for the tone and then I pressed my clicker straight away".

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The Taliban, a hardline Islamist group, retook control of Afghanistan in 2021 in a lightning advance that lasted just 10 days.

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All the evidence of the last few years is that this is a war of slow attrition and Ukraine would not retake land from Russia without massive US military support.

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It came after the US president hinted retaking Bagram airbase - the epicentre of Nato forces in Afghanistan for two decades - might be possible "because they need things from us".

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Cawthorn’s rep suffered greatly, and many members of his own party campaigned against him when he attempted to retake his seat.

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Related Words

• reclaim 
• recover 
• restore 
• take back