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resit

vb (tr) , -sits, -sitting or -sat
(Education) to sit (an examination) again
n
(Education) an examination taken again by a person who has not been successful in a previous attempt
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resit


Past participle: resat
Gerund: resitting

Imperative
resit
resit
Present
I resit
you resit
he/she/it resits
we resit
you resit
they resit
Preterite
I resat
you resat
he/she/it resat
we resat
you resat
they resat
Present Continuous
I am resitting
you are resitting
he/she/it is resitting
we are resitting
you are resitting
they are resitting
Present Perfect
I have resat
you have resat
he/she/it has resat
we have resat
you have resat
they have resat
Past Continuous
I was resitting
you were resitting
he/she/it was resitting
we were resitting
you were resitting
they were resitting
Past Perfect
I had resat
you had resat
he/she/it had resat
we had resat
you had resat
they had resat
Future
I will resit
you will resit
he/she/it will resit
we will resit
you will resit
they will resit
Future Perfect
I will have resat
you will have resat
he/she/it will have resat
we will have resat
you will have resat
they will have resat
Future Continuous
I will be resitting
you will be resitting
he/she/it will be resitting
we will be resitting
you will be resitting
they will be resitting
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been resitting
you have been resitting
he/she/it has been resitting
we have been resitting
you have been resitting
they have been resitting
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been resitting
you will have been resitting
he/she/it will have been resitting
we will have been resitting
you will have been resitting
they will have been resitting
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been resitting
you had been resitting
he/she/it had been resitting
we had been resitting
you had been resitting
they had been resitting
Conditional
I would resit
you would resit
he/she/it would resit
we would resit
you would resit
they would resit
Past Conditional
I would have resat
you would have resat
he/she/it would have resat
we would have resat
you would have resat
they would have resat
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
Translations
opakovat
gå op igen
suorittaa uudelleenuusiauusinta
ponovno polagati
再受験する
시험을 다시 치르다
göra om tentamen
สอบใหม่
thi lại

resit

(resat (vb: pt, pp)) (Brit)
A. [ˈriːsɪt] Nreválida f
B. [ˈriːˈsɪt] VT [+ exam] → presentarse otra vez a; [+ subject] → recuperar, examinarse otra vez de
C. [ˌriːˈsɪt] VIpresentarse otra vez, volver a examinarse
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resit

[ˌriːˈsɪt] (British)
vt [resat] [ˌriːˈsæt] (pt, pp) [+ exam] → repasser
I'm resitting the exam in December → Je vais repasser l'examen en décembre.
[ˈriːsɪt] ndeuxième session f (d'un examen)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

resit

vb: pret, ptp <resat> (Brit)
vt examwiederholen
nWiederholung(sprüfung) f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

resit

[vb ˌriːˈsɪt; n ˈriːˌsɪt] (resat (vb: pt, pp))
1. vt (exam) → ripresentarsi a
2. n when are the resits?quando è la prossima sessione?
I've got three resits → devo ripresentarmi a tre esami
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

resit

يُعيدُ اِمْتِهاناً opakovat gå op igen die Prüfung wiederholen ξαναδίνω εξετάσεις volver a examinarse, volver a presentar un examen suorittaa uudelleen repasser ponovno polagati sostenere nuovamente un esame 再受験する 시험을 다시 치르다 herkansen gjøre på nytt powtórzyć egzamin refazer uma prova, repetir um exame пересдавать экзамен göra om tentamen สอบใหม่ yeniden sınava girmek thi lại 补考
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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