Other forms: retakes
A retake is another attempt after the first was not good enough. Do a retake, several retakes, a retake of the exam.
In filming it is normal and expected — a scene may take dozens, and the number is not a measure of failure. In examinations a retake is a second sitting, and rules on how much of the mark counts vary. Note that the verb is stressed on the second syllable and the noun on the first.
1nounretakeAnother attempt after the first was not good enough.
“The actor burst out laughing in the middle of the scene, so they needed a retake.”
retake is a second attempt.
Proto-Indo-European
*teh₂g- — to touch, take
Proto-Germanic
*tēkaną — to touch
Proto-West Germanic
*takan — to take; grasp, touch
Old Norse
taka — to touch, take
Old English
tacan — to grasp, touch
Middle English
taken — to take, lay hold of, grasp, strike
English
take
English, today
retake
From re- + take. take comes from Middle English taken (“to take, lay hold of, grasp, strike”), from Old English tacan (“to grasp, touch”), probably of gmq origin, from Old Norse taka (“to touch, take”). Alternatively, inherited from Proto-West Germanic takan (“to take; grasp, touch”). Both from Proto-Germanic tēkaną (“to touch”), from pre-Germanic deh₁g- (“to touch”), possibly a phonetically altered form of Proto-Indo-European teh₂g- (“to touch, take”) (see there for details). Gradually displaced native nim, from nimen, from Old English niman (“to take”). Cognates
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