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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While the majority of resit students are aged 17 to 19, some are also mature students.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
It was a big blow to aspirants, who had to resit the exam under tight security weeks later.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
However, the resit pass rate is low and the policy has proved controversial.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 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 government said it wanted to stop the "endless treadmill of unnecessary resits".
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
These resits are held twice a year, in June and November.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025
While some of those would have been mature students sitting them for the first time, most would have been school- or college-age pupils taking resits after failing them when they were 16.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 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
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
The "relentless" cycle of pupils in England failing and then resitting their GCSEs in maths and English is "simply not working", a leading education union has said.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
"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 be mature students sitting exams for the first time, but most will be young people resitting papers.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025
If you want to explore resitting a subject, you should speak to your school or college about the best course of action.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2025
In England, most students who took exams in November will have been resitting English or maths.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2024
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