resit
Americanverb (used with or without object)
noun
verb
noun
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Nouns
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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
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
It was only on the next day that they found out there would be a resit date.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2024
Exams sat in November are typically resits, although students can also resit in the summer.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2024
"So, they are re-sitting, and they're entering this dispiriting, if you like, cycle of resits."
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025
Here is everything you need to know about results, appeals and resits.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2025
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
The resits can take place in the autumn or the summer.
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 will be mature students sitting exams for the first time, but most will be young people resitting papers.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025
Pupils resitting are far less likely to pass than those sitting the exams for the first time.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025
This meant resitting six exams the following year, and a fixed fee of £150 per exam was agreed.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2023
Leeds City College has had to increase class sizes in order to fit in about 600 additional students resitting English and maths this year - with some lessons growing from around 20 to 25 students.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2023
The young woman, who was 19, had just finished resitting her A-level exams.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 4, 2018
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