retest

verb

re·​test (ˌ)rē-ˈtest How to pronounce retest (audio)
retested; retesting
1
transitive : to evaluate, measure, or identify (something or someone) again by means of a test
In English I, 77,623 students who were retested in the spring failed again.Terrence Stutz
… his team tutored and retested a group of healthy elderly volunteers on whom he'd gathered data for 14 years.Marilyn Chase
… cats may test negative for some time after they are exposed and should be retested 90 days after possible exposure.Cat Fancy
The doctors were retesting him for cystic fibrosis.Gary Smith
2
intransitive : to be tested again
… Rhodes has instituted a new policy allowing students to retest at any time, letting them leap forward when they're ready.Brian Thevenot
retest noun
plural retests
He failed and had to return for a retest.
She passed the retest.
I was happy to hear that, six months later in January, her retest remained normal. Andrew Weil

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If a contest falls into the recount margin, election workers will have to completely retest their county's tabulators, retally the race and repeat a hand count audit of a statistically significant number of the ballots. Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024 As the Treasury Department continues to flood the market with new bonds to fund Washington's spending, yields could retest highs of 5 percent in a redux of last year's mini debt crisis. David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024 Bitcoin is not expected to retest its record until later this year, but data shows this correction could get uglier before a recovery begins — similar to how the cryptocurrency fared between two all-time highs in 2021. Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 11 July 2024 French stocks could retest last week’s lows, and the market could underperform. Kris Nagel, Fortune, 1 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for retest 

Word History

First Known Use

1778, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of retest was in 1778

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“Retest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retest. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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