retake
(noun) a shot or scene that is photographed again
retake
(verb) photograph again; “Please retake that scene”
recapture, retake
(verb) capture again; “recapture the escaped prisoner”
recapture, retake
(verb) take back by force, as after a battle; “The military forces managed to recapture the fort”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
retake (third-person singular simple present retakes, present participle retaking, simple past retook, past participle retaken)
to take something again
to take something back
to capture or occupy somewhere again
to photograph or film again
retake (plural retakes)
a scene that is filmed again, or a picture that is photographed again
an instance of resitting an examination
Source: Wiktionary
Re*take", v. t.
1. To take or receive again.
2. To take from a captor; to recapture; as, to retake a ship or prisoners.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
