retest

verb

re·​test (ˌ)rē-ˈtest 

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

ˈrē-ˌtest 

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

Examples of retest in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Word History

First Known Use

1778, in the meaning defined at sense 1