retry

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
7
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/riˈtɹaɪ/
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/riˈtɹaɪ/ · /ˈriːtɹaɪ/

Definition of retry

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (ambitransitive)To try or attempt again.
    “to retry connecting to the Internet after an error”
    “On October 20, Forsen streamed on Twitch as he retried to defeat the Ender Dragon as fast as he could.”
    “There’s a chance the error code appeared as a mistake, so retrying could help you get back to the fight in no time.”
    “The problem? Unlike dying during the Great Ape Vegeta fight, you can’t retry right away.”
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verb

  1. (ambitransitive)To try or attempt again.
    “to retry connecting to the Internet after an error”
    “On October 20, Forsen streamed on Twitch as he retried to defeat the Ender Dragon as fast as he could.”
    “There’s a chance the error code appeared as a mistake, so retrying could help you get back to the fight in no time.”
    “The problem? Unlike dying during the Great Ape Vegeta fight, you can’t retry right away.”
  2. (transitive)To try judicially a second time.
    “to retry a case”
    “to retry an accused person”
    “Despite mounting evidence against her, the jury found Casey not guilty. Since then, she’s thrown out numerous accusations about her family, a number of which she alleged in the 2022 docu-series Casey Anthony: Where the Truth Lies. But amid the release of a new documentary involving her parents, George and Cindy, could she be retried?”

noun

  1. Another attempt.
    ““As such, the issue with login remains. If for any reason you get the ‘Failed to connect to server’ issue, it means that the maximum number of login requests for that particular minute is exceeded and/or that the servers are full and will require someone to log out before allowing new players in. As mentioned above, the increased capacity should require less retries to get in.””

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From re- + try.

Anagrams of retry

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