(retook, ~n)
1.
If a military force ~s 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 ~ 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 ~s.
N-COUNT
3.
If you ~ 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 ~ my GCSEs.
VERB: V n
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Retake is also a noun.
Limits will be placed on the number of exam ~s students can sit.
= resit
N-COUNT