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RETAKE (retaken, retook)

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IPA (US): 

Irregular inflected forms: retaken  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, retook  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does retake mean? 

RETAKE (noun)
  The noun RETAKE has 1 sense:

1. a shot or scene that is photographed againplay

  Familiarity information: RETAKE used as a noun is very rare.


RETAKE (verb)
  The verb RETAKE has 3 senses:

1. take back by force, as after a battleplay

2. capture againplay

3. photograph againplay

  Familiarity information: RETAKE used as a verb is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


RETAKE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A shot or scene that is photographed again

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("retake" is a kind of...):

take (the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption)

Derivation:

retake (photograph again)


RETAKE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they retake  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it retakes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: retook  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: retaken  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: retaking  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Take back by force, as after a battle

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

recapture; retake

Context example:

The military forces managed to recapture the fort

Hypernyms (to "retake" is one way to...):

take (take by force)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "retake"):

reconquer (conquer anew)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody

Derivation:

retaking (the act of taking something back)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Capture again

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

recapture; retake

Context example:

recapture the escaped prisoner

Hypernyms (to "retake" is one way to...):

capture; catch; get (succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody


Sense 3

Meaning:

Photograph again

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

Please retake that scene

Hypernyms (to "retake" is one way to...):

photograph; shoot; snap (record on photographic film)

Domain category:

photography; picture taking (the act of taking and printing photographs)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

retake (a shot or scene that is photographed again)


 Context examples 


Mr. Bertram set off for—, and Miss Crawford was prepared to find a great chasm in their society, and to miss him decidedly in the meetings which were now becoming almost daily between the families; and on their all dining together at the Park soon after his going, she retook her chosen place near the bottom of the table, fully expecting to feel a most melancholy difference in the change of masters.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)



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