📖 R — The English dictionary · page 36

resultant — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) Happening as a result of something: the storm and the resultant floods.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (science/maths) The single force that has the same effect as several forces together: the resultant force.↗ Example: The heavy rain and the resultant floods closed the roads.↗ · Two forces of 5 N push the same way: the resultant force is 10 N.↗ · 8 N right and 3 N left give a resultant of 5 N right.↗ · The resultant noise woke the whole street.↗ · If the resultant force is zero, the object stays still or keeps moving steadily.↗ · The fire and resultant smoke filled the sky.↗

resume — Everyday, meaning 1: To start again after a pause: the lesson resumed after break.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) To take back a place: please resume your seats.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (noun, résumé, US/Canada) A document listing your work and education when you apply for a job (UK: CV).↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (noun, résumé) A short summary.↗ Example: The match resumed after the rain stopped.↗ · Please resume your seats.↗ · Lessons will resume on Monday.↗ · She resumed reading after dinner.↗ · Dad updated his résumé for a new job.↗ · We'll resume where we stopped.↗ · The carriage rolled on, and the peasants resumed their dancing.↗

resumption — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) Starting something again after it has stopped.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The return of something that had paused: the resumption of lessons, of talks, of play.↗ Example: After the rain, there was a quick resumption of play.↗ · Everyone was happy about the resumption of school after lockdown.↗ · The resumption of train services was delayed.↗ · Leaders agreed to the resumption of peace talks.↗ · We waited for the resumption of the film after the advert.↗ · The resumption of power came after three hours in the dark.↗

resurrection — Everyday, meaning 1: (Bible, church) The Resurrection is the rising of Jesus from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion, which Christians celebrate at Easter.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A resurrection is the act of coming back to life.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A return of something that was forgotten or gone: «the resurrection of an old toy craze».↗ Example: Christians celebrate the Resurrection on Easter Sunday.↗ · The women found the tomb empty on the morning of the Resurrection.↗ · Christians believe in the resurrection of the dead at the end of time.↗ · The Easter eggs remind some Christians of new life and the Resurrection.↗ · The film was a resurrection of an old cartoon.↗ · The fashion for yo-yos had a resurrection.↗ · Our class painted pictures of the Resurrection story.↗

resuscitated — Everyday, meaning 1: To resuscitate is to bring someone back to consciousness or life after they seem dead.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To resuscitate is to bring back into use something that was forgotten.↗ Example: The doctor resuscitated the drowned boy.↗ · She was dead, but one lover resuscitated her.↗ · The writer resuscitated old stories from the Bible.↗

resuscitation — Everyday, meaning 1: Bringing someone back to life or to consciousness when their heart or breathing has stopped.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Bringing an idea, plan or business back into use.↗ Example: The lifeguard started resuscitation on the swimmer.↗ · We learnt the steps of resuscitation in a first-aid class.↗ · Quick resuscitation can save a life.↗ · The ambulance crew continued resuscitation on the way to hospital.↗ · CPR stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation.↗ · The old festival needed resuscitation after years of decline.↗ · Resuscitation from ashes has been used very effectively by Mr. Lang in his delightful Prince Prigio.↗

retail — Everyday, meaning 1: Selling goods to the public in shops or online, usually in small amounts, for them to use.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb) To be sold at a certain price.↗ e.g. These shoes retail at $40.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) «Retail therapy» means shopping to cheer yourself up.↗ Example: Mum works in retail at a clothes shop.↗ · The retail price of the toy is £15.↗ · The shop buys pens for 20p and sells them retail for 50p: profit 30p each.↗ · This game retails at $30.↗ · Big retail stores are busy at holiday time.↗ · "I need some retail therapy," joked my aunt.↗

retailer — Everyday, meaning 1: A person or business that sells goods to the public, such as a shop, supermarket or online store.↗ Example: The retailer buys a book for $6 and sells it for $10.↗ · Supermarkets are big food retailers.↗ · This toy is available from all good retailers.↗ · The online retailer sent my parcel quickly.↗ · Small retailers sell fewer things than big chains.↗ · The retailer had a sale with 25% off.↗

retain — Everyday, meaning 1: To retain is to keep something and not lose it or give it away.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To retain is to hold something in: a sponge retains water, a flask retains heat.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To retain facts is to remember them.↗ Example: She gave away 8 of her 20 stickers and retained the rest.↗ · The shop retains 10% of the price.↗ · How many marbles did he retain?↗ · The soil retains 2 liters of water.↗ · Clay soil retains more water than sandy soil.↗ · A flask retains heat for hours.↗ · Reading notes again helps you retain facts.↗ · The team retained the trophy for another year.↗ · But above all he retained the passion for good form.↗ · And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days; so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.↗ (Prophets JDG.19.4, JPS 1917)↗ · So that I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me; for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.↗ (Writings DAN.10.8, JPS 1917)↗ · There is no man that hath power over the wind to retain the wind; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.↗ (Writings ECC.8.8, JPS 1917)↗

retainer — Everyday, meaning 1: A retainer is an old word for a servant or follower who serves a lord or noble family.↗ (old use).↗ Example: The retainers went out and brought the impostor before their lord.↗ · His special retainers were the bear, the deer and the hare.↗ · The lady's retainers carried her sword.↗

retake — Everyday, meaning 1: To retake a test or exam is to take it again, often because you failed or want a better mark.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A retake is a second try at a test, or a scene in a film filmed again.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To retake a place is to capture it again after losing it.↗ Example: She failed her driving test but will retake it next month.↗ · I need to retake the spelling test.↗ · The actor forgot his lines, so they did a retake.↗ · The army retook the castle after a long siege.↗ · Retakes are allowed if you are ill on the day.↗ · After three retakes, the scene was perfect.↗

retaliate — Everyday, meaning 1: To do something bad back to someone who has hurt or attacked you; to hit back.↗ Example: If someone pushes you, don't retaliate; tell a teacher.↗ · He retaliated by throwing sand.↗ · The army retaliated after the attack.↗ · She was sent off for retaliating.↗ · The cat retaliated with a scratch.↗ · Don't retaliate, it only makes things worse.↗

retaliation — Everyday, meaning 1: Doing something bad to someone because they did something bad to you; hitting back; revenge.↗ Example: He kicked the ball away in retaliation.↗ · The referee sent him off for retaliation.↗ · In retaliation for the attack, the army fired back.↗ · Telling a teacher is better than retaliation.↗ · She was afraid of retaliation if she told anyone.↗ · The country raised taxes on imports in retaliation.↗

retaliatory — Everyday, meaning 1: Done to hit back or pay someone back for something bad they did.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (news, war) Describing an attack or action that answers an earlier attack.↗ Example: The country launched a retaliatory attack after being bombed.↗ · The new taxes were a retaliatory move against the other country.↗ · His retaliatory push got him sent off too.↗ · Retaliatory insults only made the argument worse.↗ · The teacher said, "No retaliatory hitting — come and tell me."↗ · Both sides took retaliatory measures.↗

retard — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal, science) To slow down or delay something: to retard growth, fire-retardant material.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (rude, offensive) A very hurtful insult for a person with a learning disability or for someone thought stupid — never use it.↗ Example: Cold weather retards the growth of plants.↗ · The curtains are treated to retard fire.↗ · Fire-retardant pyjamas are safer for children.↗ · Salt can retard the rotting of meat.↗ · (rude, a bully in a story) «Don't call him that word — it's cruel,» said the teacher.↗

retch — Everyday, meaning 1: To retch is to strain the throat and stomach as if about to be sick, without being sick.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (dialect, old use) To retch is to reach or stretch out a hand or arm.↗ Example: He began to retch and gag at the bad smell.↗ · "You speck to retch there safe and sound?"↗ (= reach)↗ · He retched out his hand to shake hands.↗

retell — Everyday, meaning 1: To retell a story is to tell it again, often in your own words.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A retelling is a new version of an old story.↗ Example: Retell the story of the Three Little Pigs in your own words.↗ · Grandma retold the tale of how she met Grandad.↗ · We used a story map to retell "The Gruffalo".↗ · The film is a modern retelling of Cinderella.↗ · Can you retell what happened at break time?↗ · The myth has been retold many times.↗

retention — Everyday, meaning 1: Retention is keeping something, or keeping it from being lost.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (UK school) Retention can mean keeping a pupil back a year.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (science/health) Water retention is when the body holds too much water.↗ Example: Revision helps the retention of facts.↗ · Clay soil has good water retention.↗ · The wool coat has good heat retention.↗ · Staff retention is a problem for the company.↗ · Swelling in the ankles can be caused by water retention.↗

reticence — Everyday, meaning 1: The habit of not saying much, or of keeping your feelings and thoughts to yourself.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (sometimes, informal) Unwillingness to do something; reluctance.↗ Example: Despite her reticence, Mia told the teacher what had happened.↗ · His reticence made some people think he was unfriendly.↗ · Grandad's reticence about the war meant he rarely talked about it.↗ · She overcame her reticence and sang in front of the class.↗ · The detective noticed the witness's reticence.↗ · Reticence is not the same as rudeness; some people are just quiet.↗

reticulate — Everyday, meaning 1: (science) Reticulate means having a pattern of lines crossing each other like a net, as in the veins of a leaf («reticulate venation»).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (rare, formal) To reticulate is to divide or mark into a network.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A reticulated python is a huge snake with a net-like pattern on its skin.↗ Example: Rose leaves have reticulate veins.↗ · Grass has parallel veins, not reticulate ones.↗ · Hold the leaf up to the light to see its reticulate pattern.↗ · The reticulated python is one of the longest snakes.↗ · The reticulated giraffe has neat net-like patches.↗ · A fishing net is a reticulate pattern.↗

retina — Everyday, meaning 1: The retina is the thin layer at the back of the inside of the eye that senses light and sends messages to the brain.↗ Example: The retina is at the back of your eye.↗ · Light makes a picture on the retina.↗ · Never look at the sun — it can damage your retina.↗ · The optician shone a light to check my retina.↗ · The retina has cells called rods and cones.↗ · The brain flips the picture from the retina.↗

retinue — Everyday, meaning 1: A retinue is the group of people who travel with and serve an important person, such as a king or an emperor.↗ Example: It was the King and his retinue.↗ · The Emperor set out with his retinue.↗ · The Abbot came with a goodly retinue of knights.↗

retire — Everyday, meaning 1: To stop working, usually because you are older.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (sport) To stop playing in a game or race, often because of injury.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal) To go to bed or to a quiet room: «retire for the night».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (formal) To go away from a place, like an army moving back.↗ Example: Grandad retired after working at the post office for many years.↗ · The runner had to retire from the race with a sore leg.↗ · The guests retired for the night.↗ · She plans to retire to the seaside.↗ · My retired neighbour grows tomatoes.↗ · The army retired behind the hill.↗ · And he wrote in the letter, saying: 'Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.'↗ (Prophets 2SA.11.15, JPS 1917)↗

retired — Everyday, meaning 1: Retired describes a person who has stopped working, usually because they are older.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb, past) Retired means stopped working for good.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal) Retired can mean went to bed or went away to a quiet place.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In sport, a player retired means stopped playing, sometimes because of injury.↗ Example: My grandad is a retired teacher.↗ · She retired from the police at sixty.↗ · Nan has been retired for years and loves her garden.↗ · (formal) After supper the guests retired to bed.↗ · The batsman retired hurt.↗ · The old ship was retired and turned into a museum.↗ · My neighbour retired early and moved to the seaside.↗ · Then he retired, without awaiting any reply from the princess.↗