RETRY (retried)

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Irregular inflected form: retried   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does retry mean? 

• RETRY (verb)
  The verb RETRY has 1 sense:

1. hear or try a court case anew

  Familiarity information: RETRY used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RETRY (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they retry    ... he / she / it retries   
Past simple: retried   
Past participle: retried   
-ing form: retrying   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hear or try a court case anew

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

rehear; retry

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

hear; try (examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They want to retry the prisoners

Derivation:

retrial (a new trial in which issues already litigated and to which the court has already rendered a verdict or decision are reexamined by the same court; occurs when the initial trial is found to have been improper or unfair due to procedural errors)