resit
verb/ˌriːˈsɪt/
/ˌriːˈsɪt/
(British English) [transitive, intransitive] (also retake British English, North American English)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they resit | /ˌriːˈsɪt/ /ˌriːˈsɪt/ |
| he / she / it resits | /ˌriːˈsɪts/ /ˌriːˈsɪts/ |
| past simple resat | /ˌriːˈsæt/ /ˌriːˈsæt/ |
| past participle resat | /ˌriːˈsæt/ /ˌriːˈsæt/ |
| -ing form resitting | /ˌriːˈsɪtɪŋ/ /ˌriːˈsɪtɪŋ/ |
- resit (something) to take an exam or a test again, usually after failing it the first timeTopics Educationc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryResit is used with these nouns as the object:
- exam
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