The verb is pronounced /ri:teɪk/. The noun is pronounced /ri:teɪk/.
( retook, retaken)
1.
If a military force retakes a place or building which it has lost in a war or battle, it captures it again.
Residents were moved 30 miles away as the rebels retook the town.
= recapture
VERB : V n
2.
If during the making of a film there is a retake of a particular scene, that scene is filmed again because it needs to be changed or improved.
The director, Ron Howard, was dissatisfied with Nicole’s response even after several retakes.
N-COUNT
3.
If you retake a course or an examination, you take it again because you failed it the first time.
I had one year in the sixth form to retake my GCSEs.
VERB : V n
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Retake is also a noun.
Limits will be placed on the number of exam retakes students can sit.
= resit
N-COUNT