resit
Americanverb (used with or without object)
noun
verb
noun
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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 government said offering an alternative would "break down barriers to opportunity", because white working class pupils were twice as likely to need to resit than their better-off classmates.
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
Now more than 400 economics students have to resit, causing problems for international students who were planning to fly home over the new exam date.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2024
"The majority of us were upset with what the resit date was. We started submitting formal complaints," the student said.
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
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
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
She is planning to go to sixth form for A-levels and possibly some resits, but said she was proud whatever her results "because I've tried my best".
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2024
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
Millions of hopeful medical students across India are resitting a crucial exam under unprecedented security, after the first paper was cancelled following allegations that the questions had been leaked.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 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 will be mature students sitting exams for the first time, but most will be young people resitting papers.
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
The young woman, who was 19, had just finished resitting her A-level exams.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 4, 2018
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