retake

  • 11retake — re|take1 [ˌri:ˈteık] v past tense retook [ ˈtuk ] past participle retaken [ ˈteıkən] [T] 1.) to get control of an area again in a war = ↑recapture ▪ an attempt to retake the city 2.) to take an examination again because you have previously failed …

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  • 12Retake — Re|take [ri teik, engl. ri:...] das; [s], s (meist Plur.) <aus gleichbed. engl. retake zu to retake »wieder an , ein , aufnehmen«> Wiederholung einer missglückten Aufnahme (Film) …

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  • 13Retake — A retake is a symbol used in musical notation. For the violin and other bowed string instruments it directs the performer of the music passage to lift the bow (leading to its informal name, a lift ) and reset it so that the bowing of the next… …

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  • 14retake — 1. verb a) to take something again The army tried repeatedly to retake the fort they had been driven from. b) to take something back 2. noun a scene that is filmed again, or a picture that is photographed again …

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  • 15retake — verb Retake is used with these nouns as the object: ↑A level, ↑control, ↑exam, ↑lead, ↑quiz …

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  • 16retake — [ˌriːˈteɪk] (past tense retook [ˌriːˈtʊk] ; past participle retaken [ˌriːˈteɪkən] ) verb [T] 1) to take control of something, or to get something again, after you have lost it The army launched an operation to retake land captured by rebels.[/ex] …

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  • 17retake — I. transitive verb (retook; retaken; taking) Date: 15th century 1. to take or receive again 2. recapture 3. to photograph again II. noun Date: 1916 a subsequent filming, photographing, or recording undertaken to improve upon the first; …

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  • 18retake — retaker, n. v. /ree tayk /; n. /ree tayk /, v., retook, retaken, retaking, n. v.t. 1. to take again; take back. 2. to recapture. 3. to photograph or film again. n. 4. the act of photographing or filming again. 5. a picture, scene, sequence, etc …

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  • 19retake — Synonyms and related words: boom shot, close up, deuce shot, follow focus shot, full shot, get back, group shot, kinescope, long shot, matte shot, medium shot, motion picture, pan shot, panoramic shot, process shot, ransom, rap shot, recapture,… …

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  • 20retake — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. resume; recover, recapture, retrieve; refilm. See repetition. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To occupy or take again: reassume, re claim, reoccupy, repossess, resume, take back. See GIVE …

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