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 exam board Cambridge OCR said earlier on Thursday that "the number of resit entries is still going in the wrong direction".
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
While the majority of resit students are aged 17 to 19, some are also mature students.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The pass rate for those who resit is far lower than it is for Year 11s.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025
Jill Duffy, the head of the OCR exam board, said there was a "resit crisis".
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025
However, it found those from overseas had more opportunities to resit exams than A-level students.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2024
The government said it wanted to stop the "endless treadmill of unnecessary resits".
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
In England, students need maths and English GCSEs at grade 4 or above to qualify for further study - although you can prepare for resits alongside your new subjects.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 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
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 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
"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 have been mature students sitting exams for the first time, but most were young people resitting papers.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 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 of them end up resitting multiple times.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 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
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