Meanings
verbresit (third-person singular simple present resits, present participle resitting, simple past and past participle resat)
present singular third person resits · participle present resitting · participle past resat · past resat
- transitiveTo take an examination a second time.
nounresit (plural resits)
plural resits
- An examination taken a second time.
Synonyms: retake, retake exam, retake examination, makeup, makeup exam, makeup examination
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Proto-Indo-European*sed-
- Proto-Indo-European*sédyeti
- Proto-Germanic*sitjaną
- Proto-West Germanic*sittjan
- Old Englishsittan
- Middle Englishsitten
- Englishsit
- Englishresit
Translations
Bulgarian явявам се повторно
- явявам се повторно (javjavam se povtorno)to take an examination second time
Chinese 補考 /补考
- 補考 /补考 (bǔkǎo)to take an examination second time
Chinese Mandarin 補考 /补考
- 補考 /补考 (bǔkǎo)examination
Czech opakovat (zkoušku), dělat reparát
- opakovat (zkoušku)to take an examination second time
- dělat reparátto take an examination second time
- reparátexamination
- opravná zkouškaexamination
Dutch herkansen, herkansing
- herkansento take an examination second time
- herkansingexamination
- herexamenexamination
Finnish uusia, uusinta
- uusiato take an examination second time
- uusintaexamination
French repasser, rattrapage
- repasserto take an examination second time
- rattrapageexamination
- examen de rattrapageexamination
- examen de passageexamination
- repêcheexamination
German Wiederholungsprüfung
- Wiederholungsprüfungexamination
Hungarian utóvizsgázik, pótvizsgázik
- utóvizsgázikto take an examination second time
- pótvizsgázikto take an examination second time
- utóvizsgaexamination
- pótvizsgaexamination
- megismételt vizsgaexamination
Indonesian remedial, her
- remedialexamination
- herexamination
Japanese 再試験, 再試験
- 再試験 (saishiken)to take an examination second time
- 再試験 (saishiken)examination
Polish poprawka
- poprawkaexamination
Russian пересдава́ть, пересда́ть
- пересдава́ть (peresdavátʹ)to take an examination second time
- пересда́ть (peresdátʹ)to take an examination second time
- пересда́ча (peresdáča)examination
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
resit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resit
MLA
“resit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resit. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “resit,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resit.
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