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RETAKING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of taking something back

Synonyms:

recapture; retaking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("retaking" is a kind of...):

recovery; retrieval (the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost))

Derivation:

retake (take back by force, as after a battle)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb retake

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