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to retry

to retry

4 2.7
Do something again after it fails or is interrupted
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈtraɪ/
translation icon : reintentar
  • He failed to log in, so he had to retry entering his password.
  • abort and retry
  • plan to retry
  • going to retry

So what happens is like when it fails just to retry again until you get a random number.

Examples

  • So what happens is like when it fails just to retry again until you get a random number.

    Computerphile

  • If the game crashes, you can retry the level from the beginning.

  • I recommend you retry before you come up with a bad conclusion.

    Blog text (19)

  • As many times as I restore my phone to factory settings and retry, still the same issue. Please help!

    Blog text (21)

  • A couple of other things you've shown in the homework and you could retry doing them.

  • Then it gives me a choice of ignore, skip, abort, retry, or something like that.

    Blog text (21)

  • So today we'll be retrying to make pies without a recipe.

  • Invariably, they fail several times, at varying degrees of download, and I have to retry over several days, even weeks, before I am lucky enough for it to get through.

    Blog text (21)

  • Please retry the sync.

    Blog text (25)

  • Needless to say, the first hour and a half was spent fruitlessly trying and retrying to log into a system completely overloaded by students trying to get any class still left over after the first minute.

    Blog text (7)

Synonyms

to repeat
vsto retry
∞ 1.0

To do or say something again

is focused on attempting again especially after failure or interruption
to try again
vsto retry
461 1.0

Do something one more time after you fail

is focused on attempting again especially after failure or interruption
to resume
vsto retry
297 3.1

To start an activity again after a pause

is focused on attempting again rather than merely returning to a paused activity
to start over
vsto retry
283 2.5

To do something again from the start after a mistake or problem

is focused on attempting again rather than starting from the very beginning
to restart
vsto retry
85 2.3

Start something again after it stops or is interrupted

is focused on attempting again rather than beginning the whole action again
to get back on the horse
vsto retry
  • Informal
6 5.0

To try again after a failure, especially when you feel afraid

is focused on attempting again especially after failure or interruption
to rerun
vsto retry
3 2.9

Repeat a test or experiment to check the results

is focused on attempting again rather than causing a performance to repeat
to recommence
vsto retry
  • Formal
2 5.6

To begin again after a pause

is focused on attempting again rather than formally beginning again
to reapply
vsto retry
1 3.6

Give your attention or effort to something again after a break

is focused on attempting again especially after failure or interruption
to reinitiate
vsto retry
1 5.9

To start a process or system again after it stopped

is focused on attempting again rather than technically restarting a system
to reattempt
vsto retry
3.2

To try again to do something after failing

is focused on attempting again especially after failure or interruption
to kick at the can
vsto retry
  • US
8.4

Try again to do something after failing

is focused on attempting again especially after failure or interruption

Antonyms

to give up
∞ 1.2

To stop trying to do something or accept defeat

Surface Forms

retry infinitive
retried past
retried past participle
retrying present participle
retries third person singular

Morphology

retry = try (transparent) = re + try

The meaning is the regular iterative one formed by adding 're-' to 'try'.

Etymology

Retry is made from the prefix re- 'again' and the verb try 'to attempt'. So retry means to 'try again', for example when a network request fails.