resit
Americanverb (used with or without object)
noun
verb
noun
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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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However, the resit pass rate is low and the policy has proved controversial.
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
If you get a grade 3 or below in maths or English language, you will have to resit next year.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2025
This year, they will have to prepare for even more resit students.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2024
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 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
"So, they are re-sitting, and they're entering this dispiriting, if you like, cycle of resits."
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025
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
Once November resits are out of the way, the college will focus on preparing for what staff described as a "military operation" in the summer, when the bulk of resit students take their exams.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2023
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
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
In England, most students who took exams in November were resitting English or maths.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2024
This meant resitting six exams the following year, and a fixed fee of £150 per exam was agreed.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2023
In the years before the pandemic, students who missed exams may have had to wait until the following school year before resitting.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2022
The young woman, who was 19, had just finished resitting her A-level exams.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 4, 2018
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