RETAKE (retaken, retook)

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Irregular inflected forms: retaken    , retook   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does retake mean? 

• RETAKE (noun)
  The noun RETAKE has 1 sense:

1. a shot or scene that is photographed again

  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 battle

2. capture again

3. photograph again

  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)

Present simple: I / you / we / they retake    ... he / she / it retakes   
Past simple: retook   
Past participle: retaken   
-ing form: retaking   

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)