retry

English

Etymology

re- +‎ try

Pronunciation

• (verb)
  • enPR: rētrīʹ, IPA^(key): /riˈtɹaɪ/

  • Audio (Southern England, verb)

    (file)

  • Rhymes: -aɪ
• (noun)
  • enPR: rēʹtrī, IPA^(key): /ˈriːtɹaɪ/

  • Audio (Southern England, noun)

    (file)

Verb

retry (third-person singular simple present retries, present participle retrying, simple past and past participle retried)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To try or attempt again.

   to retry connecting to the Internet after an error

2. (transitive, law) To try judicially a second time.

   to retry a case

   to retry an accused person

Derived terms

• retriable

 

Translations

to try or attempt again

• Bulgarian: опитвам отново (opitvam otnovo)
• Catalan: reintentar, tornar a provar
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 重试 (zh) (chóngshì)

• Dutch: herkansen (nl)
• French: retenter (fr), réessayer (fr), ressayer (fr)
• German: erneut versuchen
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: próbować ponownie impf, ponawiać próbę impf
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

to try judicially a second time

• Bulgarian: разглеждам отново (razgleždam otnovo)
• Catalan: tornar a jutjar
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 复审 (zh) (fùshěn), 覆審／覆审 (zh) (fùshěn), 復審／复审 (zh) (fùshěn)

• Irish: atriail
• Swedish: ompröva (sv)

Noun

retry (plural retries)

1. Another attempt.

Translations

another attempt

• Bulgarian: нов опит m (nov opit)
• Dutch: herkansing (nl) f

Anagrams

• Terry, terry, tryer