Res|ur|rec|tion /re zəre kʃ ə n/ N‑PROPER In Christian belief, the Resurrection is the event in which Jesus Christ came back to life after he had been killed.
re|sus|ci|tate /r I sʌ s I te I t/ (resuscitates , resuscitating , resuscitated )
1 VERB If you resuscitate someone who has stopped breathing, you cause them to start breathing again. □ [V n] A policeman and then a paramedic tried to resuscitate her. ● re|sus|ci|ta|tion /r I sʌ s I te I ʃ ə n/ N‑UNCOUNT □ Despite attempts at resuscitation, Mr Lynch died a week later in hospital.
2 VERB If you resuscitate something, you cause it to become active or successful again. □ [V n] He has submitted a bid to resuscitate the struggling magazine. ● re|sus|ci|ta|tion N‑UNCOUNT □ The economy needs vigorous resuscitation.
re|tail ◆◇◇ /riː te I l/ (retails , retailing , retailed )
1 N‑UNCOUNT [usu N n] Retail is the activity of selling goods direct to the public, usually in small quantities. Compare wholesale . [BUSINESS ] □ …retail stores. □ Retail sales grew just 3.8 percent last year.
2 ADV [ADV after v] If something is sold retail , it is sold in ordinary shops direct to the public. [BUSINESS ]
3 VERB If an item in a shop retails at or for a particular price, it is on sale at that price. [BUSINESS ] □ [V + at/for ] It originally retailed at £23.50.
4 → see also retailing
re|tail|er /riː te I lə r / (retailers ) N‑COUNT A retailer is a person or business that sells goods to the public. [BUSINESS ] □ Furniture and carpet retailers are among those reporting the sharpest annual decline in sales.
re|tail|ing /riː te I l I ŋ/ N‑UNCOUNT [oft N n] Retailing is the activity of selling goods direct to the public, usually in small quantities. Compare wholesaling . [BUSINESS ] □ She spent fourteen years in retailing.
re |tail park (retail parks ) N‑COUNT A retail park is a large specially built area, usually at the edge of a town or city, where there are a lot of large shops and sometimes other facilities such as cinemas and restaurants.
re |tail pri ce in|dex N‑PROPER The retail price index is a list of the prices of typical goods which shows how much the cost of living changes from one month to the next. [BRIT , BUSINESS ] □ The retail price index for September showed inflation was up to about 10.8 per cent. in AM, use cost-of-living index
re |tail the r|apy N‑UNCOUNT Retail therapy is the activity of shopping for clothes and other things in order to make yourself feel happier. [HUMOROUS ] □ There's nothing better than a bit of retail therapy.
re|tain ◆◇◇ /r I te I n/ (retains , retaining , retained )
1 VERB To retain something means to continue to have that thing. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] The interior of the shop still retains a nineteenth-century atmosphere.
2 VERB If you retain a lawyer, you pay him or her a fee to make sure that he or she will represent you when your case comes before the court. [LEGAL ] □ [V n] He decided to retain him for the trial. SYNONYMS retain VERB 1
keep: 'I like this dress,' she said. 'Keep it. You can have it,' said Daphne.
reserve: A double room with a balcony overlooking the sea had been reserved for him.
preserve: We will do everything to preserve peace.
maintain: Push yourself to make friends and to maintain the friendships.
re|tain|er /r I te I nə r / (retainers ) N‑COUNT A retainer is a fee that you pay to someone in order to make sure that they will be available to do work for you if you need them to. □ Liz was being paid a regular monthly retainer.
re|tai n|ing wa ll (retaining walls ) N‑COUNT A retaining wall is a wall that is built to prevent the earth behind it from moving.
re|take (retakes , retaking , retook , retaken ) The verb is pronounced /riːte I k/. The noun is pronounced /riː te I k/. 1 VERB If a military force retakes a place or building which it has lost in a war or battle, it captures it again. □ [V n] Residents were moved 30 miles away as the rebels retook the town.
2 N‑COUNT If during the making of a film there is a retake of a particular scene, that scene is filmed again because it needs to be changed or improved. □ The director was dissatisfied with her response even after several retakes.
3 VERB If you retake a course or an examination, you take it again because you failed it the first time. □ [V n] I had one year in the sixth form to retake my GCSEs. ● N‑COUNT Retake is also a noun. □ Limits will be placed on the number of exam retakes students can sit.
re|tali|ate /r I tæ lie I t/ (retaliates , retaliating , retaliated ) VERB If you retaliate when someone harms or annoys you, you do something which harms or annoys them in return. □ [V ] I was sorely tempted to retaliate. □ [V + by ] The Labour leader retaliated by accusing Sturgeon of supporting the Tories. □ [V + against ] The militia responded by saying it would retaliate against any attacks. □ [V + with ] They may retaliate with sanctions on other products if the bans are disregarded. [Also + for ] ● re|talia|tion /r I tæ lie I ʃ ə n/ N‑UNCOUNT □ [+ for ] Police said they believed the attack was in retaliation for the death of a gang member.