retake
pronunciation
How to pronounce retake in British English:
UK [ˌri:ˈteɪk]
How to pronounce retake in American English:
US [riˈtek]
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- Noun:
- a shot or scene that is photographed again
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- Verb:
- take back by force, as after a battle
- capture again
- photograph again
Word Origin
- retake (v.)
- mid-15c., "to take back," from re- "back, again" + take (v.). Meaning "to recapture" is recorded from 1640s; sense of "to record a second time" is attested from 1962. Related: Retook; retaking; retaken. As a noun from 1918; figurative use from 1937.
Example
- 1. Until the u.n. passed its resolution , loyalist forces appeared ready to retake benghazi .
- 2. The government has sent reinforcements but so far they have failed to retake the town .
- 3. Then the family arrived at a new plan : he would enroll in a military-style boarding school in tianjin , devoting himself exclusively to test preparation , and retake the test this june .
- 4. Another was to retake the town of musa qala , abandoned by the british in 2006 despite american protests .
- 5. But if the indiscriminate methods loyalists used to retake smaller towns are a guide , the toll on civilian life will also be grim .