Meanings
verbretake (third-person singular simple present retakes, present participle retaking, simple past retook, past participle retaken)
present singular third person retakes · participle present retaking · past retook · participle past retaken · alternative re-take
- To take something again.
- To take something back.
- To photograph or film again; to do another take.
nounretake (plural retakes)
plural retakes · alternative re-take
- an instance of resitting an examination
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Englishtake
- Englishretake
Translations
Bulgarian вземам обратно, преснимам
- вземам обратно (vzemam obratno)take back
- преснимам (presnimam)film again
- вземам отново (vzemam otnovo)take again
Catalan reprendre, reprendre
- reprendretake back
- reprendretake again
Dutch terugnemen, hernemen
- terugnementake back
- hernemenrecapture
- opnieuw opnemenfilm again
- hernementake again
Esperanto reakiri, refilmadi
- reakiritake back
- refilmadifilm again
Finnish ottaa takaisin, vallata takaisin
- ottaa takaisintake back
- vallata takaisinrecapture
- kuvata uudelleenfilm again
- ottaa uudelleentake again
French reprendre, reprendre
- reprendretake back
- reprendrerecapture
- refilmerfilm again
- reprendretake again
German zurücknehmen, wieder einnehmen
- zurücknehmentake back
- wieder einnehmenrecapture
- erneut aufnehmenfilm again
- wieder nehmentake again
- von Neuem nehmentake again
- erneut nehmentake again
Irish aisghabh, atóg
- aisghabhtake back
- atógtake back
- athghabhrecapture
- athghlacfilm again
- atógtake again
Italian riprendersi, riprendere
- riprendersitake back
- riprendererecapture
- riprendersirecapture
- riprenderetake again
Polish odzyskiwać, odzyskać
- odzyskiwaćrecapture
- odzyskaćrecapture
Russian отбить, отбивать
- отбить (otbitʹ)recapture
- отбивать (otbivatʹ)recapture
- отвоевать (otvojevatʹ)recapture
- отвоёвывать (otvojóvyvatʹ)recapture
Spanish recuperar, retomar
- recuperartake back
- retomarrecapture
- retomarfilm again
- retomartake again
Turkish geri almak, geri almak
- geri almaktake back
- geri almakrecapture
- yeniden çekmekfilm again
- yeniden almaktake again
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with retake
maketakelakebreakcakewakemistakefakebrakesnakeshakesakejakeundertakeblakestakequakesteakdrakemosaicbakeawakesheikhopaque
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Cite this entry
APA
retake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retake
MLA
“retake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retake. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “retake,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retake.
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