retry

Word parts

re- + try

Pronunciation

• enPR: rētrīʹ, IPA ^(key): /riˈtraɪ/

• Audio (UK) – verb

  (file)

• Audio (UK) – noun

  (file)

Noun

Singular retry

Plural retries

1. (countable) A retry is another try.
   • Synonym: reattempt

   I know that you can still master this if you just retry.

Verb

Plain form retry

Third-person singular retries

Past tense retried

Past participle retried

Present participle retrying

1. (intransitive) If you retry at something, you try it again.
   • Synonym: reattempt

   I did not do this right the first time, but I am going to retry.

   I did not succeed in editing Wiktionary the first time, but I will retry.