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re·try

(rē-trī′)

tr.v. re·tried (-trīd′), re·try·ing, re·tries (-trīz′)

1. To try (a computer command, for instance) again.

2. Law To try (a case) for a second time.

n. (rē′trī′)pl. re·tries

A second or later attempt.

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retry

(riːˈtraɪ)

vb, -tries, -trying or -tried

(Law) (tr) to try again (a case already determined); give a new trial to

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retry

Past participle: retried
Gerund: retrying

Imperative
retry
retry

Present
I retry
you retry
he/she/it retries
we retry
you retry
they retry

Preterite
I retried
you retried
he/she/it retried
we retried
you retried
they retried

Present Continuous
I am retrying
you are retrying
he/she/it is retrying
we are retrying
you are retrying
they are retrying

Present Perfect
I have retried
you have retried
he/she/it has retried
we have retried
you have retried
they have retried

Past Continuous
I was retrying
you were retrying
he/she/it was retrying
we were retrying
you were retrying
they were retrying

Past Perfect
I had retried
you had retried
he/she/it had retried
we had retried
you had retried
they had retried

Future
I will retry
you will retry
he/she/it will retry
we will retry
you will retry
they will retry

Future Perfect
I will have retried
you will have retried
he/she/it will have retried
we will have retried
you will have retried
they will have retried

Future Continuous
I will be retrying
you will be retrying
he/she/it will be retrying
we will be retrying
you will be retrying
they will be retrying

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been retrying
you have been retrying
he/she/it has been retrying
we have been retrying
you have been retrying
they have been retrying

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been retrying
you will have been retrying
he/she/it will have been retrying
we will have been retrying
you will have been retrying
they will have been retrying

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been retrying
you had been retrying
he/she/it had been retrying
we had been retrying
you had been retrying
they had been retrying

Conditional
I would retry
you would retry
he/she/it would retry
we would retry
you would retry
they would retry

Past Conditional
I would have retried
you would have retried
he/she/it would have retried
we would have retried
you would have retried
they would have retried

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Verb

retry - hear or try a court case anew

rehear

hear, try - examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process; "The jury had heard all the evidence"; "The case will be tried in California"

Translations

réessayer ressayer

processare di nuovo ripetere

retry

[ˈriːˈtraɪ] VT (Jur) [+ person] → procesar de nuevo, volver a procesar; [+ case] → rever

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

retry

vt (Jur) case → wieder aufnehmen, neu verhandeln; (Comput) → erneut ausführen, wiederholen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

retry

v. ensayar de nuevo.

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