repeat

[ ri-peet ]

verb (used with object)

1. to say or utter again (something already said):

   to repeat a word for emphasis.

   Synonyms: rehearse, recite, iterate

2. to say or utter in reproducing the words, inflections, etc., of another:

   to repeat a sentence after the teacher.

3. to reproduce (utterances, sounds, etc.) in the manner of an echo, a phonograph, or the like.

   Synonyms: reecho, echo

4. to tell (something heard) to another or others.
5. to do, make, or perform again:

   to repeat an action.

6. to go through or undergo again:

   to repeat an experience.

verb (used without object)

1. to do or say something again.
2. to cause a slight regurgitation:

   The onions I ate are repeating on me.

3. to vote illegally by casting more than one vote in the same election.

noun

1. the act of repeating.
2. something repeated; repetition.
3. a duplicate or reproduction of something.
4. a decorative pattern repeated, usually by printing, on a textile or the like.
5. Music.
   1. a passage to be repeated.
   2. a sign, as a vertical arrangement of dots, calling for the repetition of a passage.
6. a radio or television program that has been broadcast at least once before.

repeat

/ rɪˈpiːt /

verb

1. when tr, may take a clause as object to say or write (something) again, either once or several times; restate or reiterate
2. to do or experience (something) again once or several times
3. intr to occur more than once

   the last figure repeats

4. tr; may take a clause as object to reproduce (the words, sounds, etc) uttered by someone else; echo
5. tr to utter (a poem, speech, etc) from memory; recite
6. intr
   1. (of food) to be tasted again after ingestion as the result of belching or slight regurgitation
   2. to belch
7. tr; may take a clause as object to tell to another person (the words, esp secrets, imparted to one by someone else)
8. intr (of a clock) to strike the hour or quarter-hour just past, when a spring is pressed
9. intr to vote (illegally) more than once in a single election
10. repeat oneself
    to say or do the same thing more than once, esp so as to be tedious

noun

1. 1. the act or an instance of repeating
   2. ( as modifier )

      a repeat performance

2. a word, action, etc, that is repeated
3. an order made out for goods, provisions, etc, that duplicates a previous order
4. a duplicate copy of something; reproduction
5. radio television a further broadcast of a programme, film, etc, which has been broadcast before
6. music a passage that is an exact restatement of the passage preceding it

Usage

Since again is part of the meaning of repeat , one should not say something is repeated again

Derived Forms

• reˌpeataˈbility, noun
• reˈpeatable, adjective

Other Words From

• re·peata·ble adjective
• re·peata·bili·ty noun
• nonre·peat noun
• self-re·peating adjective
• unre·peata·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of repeat¹

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English repeten (verb), from Middle French repeter, from Latin repetere “to attack again, demand return of,” equivalent to re- re- + petere “to reach towards, seek” ( perpetual, petulant )

Word History and Origins

Origin of repeat¹

C14: from Old French repeter , from Latin repetere to seek again, from re- + petere to seek

Synonym Study

Repeat, recapitulate, reiterate refer to saying a thing more than once. To repeat is to do or say something over again: to repeat a question, an order. To recapitulate is to restate in brief form, to summarize, often by repeating the principal points in a discourse: to recapitulate an argument. To reiterate is to do or say something over and over again, to repeat insistently: to reiterate a refusal, a demand.

Related Words

• repetition
• replay
• rerun