Standard Lemma guide

retake

noun · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɹiːteɪk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /ɹiːˈteɪk/
  • rhymes with -eɪk
  • CMU ARPABET: R IY1 T EY1 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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1

noun

Meaning 1

a scene that is filmed again, or a picture that is photographed again

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an instance of resitting an examination

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To take something again.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

verb

Meaning 4

To take something back.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

verb

Meaning 5

To capture or occupy somewhere again.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The army tried repeatedly to retake the fort they had been driven from.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To photograph or film again.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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7

noun

Meaning 7

a shot or scene that is photographed again

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: take

8

verb

Meaning 8

photograph again

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Please retake that scene

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: photograph, snap, shoot

9

verb

Meaning 9

capture again

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • recapture the escaped prisoner

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: recapture

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: get, catch, capture

10

verb

Meaning 10

take back by force, as after a battle

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The military forces managed to recapture the fort

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: recapture

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: take

Narrower terms: reconquer

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English take English retake From re- + take.

Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: вземам отново (vzemam otnovo) — take again
  • Catalan: reprendre — take again
  • Dutch: hernemen — take again
  • Finnish: ottaa uudelleen — take again
  • French: reprendre — take again
  • Old French: reprendre — take again
  • German: wieder nehmen — take again
  • German: von Neuem nehmen — take again
  • German: erneut nehmen — take again
  • Irish: atóg — take again
  • Italian: riprendere — take again
  • Spanish: retomar — take again
  • Bulgarian: вземам обратно (vzemam obratno) — take back
  • Catalan: reprendre — take back
  • Dutch: terugnemen — take back
  • Esperanto: reakiri — take back
  • Finnish: ottaa takaisin — take back
  • French: reprendre — take back
  • Old French: reprendre — take back
  • Galician: recuperar — take back
  • German: zurücknehmen — take back
  • Irish: aisghabh — take back
  • Irish: atóg — take back
  • Italian: riprendersi — take back
  • Spanish: recuperar — take back
  • Armenian: ետ նվաճել (et nvačel) — recapture
  • Armenian: ետ խլել (et xlel) — recapture
  • Belarusian: адбіць (adbicʹ) — recapture
  • Belarusian: адбіваць (adbivacʹ) — recapture
  • Belarusian: адваяваць (advajavacʹ) — recapture
  • Belarusian: адваёўваць (advajówvacʹ) — recapture
  • Dutch: hernemen — recapture
  • Finnish: vallata takaisin — recapture
  • French: reprendre — recapture
  • Galician: retomar — recapture
  • German: wieder einnehmen — recapture
  • Irish: athghabh — recapture
  • Italian: riprendere — recapture
  • Italian: riprendersi — recapture
  • Polish: odzyskiwać — recapture
  • Polish: odzyskać — recapture
  • Russian: отбить (otbitʹ) — recapture
  • Russian: отбивать (otbivatʹ) — recapture
  • Russian: отвоевать (otvojevatʹ) — recapture
  • Russian: отвоёвывать (otvojóvyvatʹ) — recapture
  • Spanish: retomar — recapture
  • Bulgarian: преснимам (presnimam) — film again
  • Dutch: opnieuw opnemen — film again
  • Esperanto: refilmadi — film again
  • Finnish: kuvata uudelleen — film again
  • French: refilmer — film again
  • German: erneut aufnehmen — film again
  • Irish: athghlac — film again
  • Manx: aaghlack — film again
  • Spanish: retomar — film again