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repeat
[ ri-peet ]
verb (used with object)
- to say or utter again (something already said):
to repeat a word for emphasis.
- to say or utter in reproducing the words, inflections, etc., of another:
to repeat a sentence after the teacher.
- to reproduce (utterances, sounds, etc.) in the manner of an echo, a phonograph, or the like.
- to tell (something heard) to another or others.
- to do, make, or perform again:
to repeat an action.
- to go through or undergo again:
to repeat an experience.
verb (used without object)
- to do or say something again.
- to cause a slight regurgitation:
The onions I ate are repeating on me.
- to vote illegally by casting more than one vote in the same election.
noun
- the act of repeating.
- something repeated; repetition.
- a duplicate or reproduction of something.
- a decorative pattern repeated, usually by printing, on a textile or the like.
- Music.
- a passage to be repeated.
- a sign, as a vertical arrangement of dots, calling for the repetition of a passage.
- a radio or television program that has been broadcast at least once before.
repeat
/ rɪˈpiːt /
verb
- when tr, may take a clause as object to say or write (something) again, either once or several times; restate or reiterate
- to do or experience (something) again once or several times
- intr to occur more than once
the last figure repeats
- tr; may take a clause as object to reproduce (the words, sounds, etc) uttered by someone else; echo
- tr to utter (a poem, speech, etc) from memory; recite
- intr
- (of food) to be tasted again after ingestion as the result of belching or slight regurgitation
- to belch
- tr; may take a clause as object to tell to another person (the words, esp secrets, imparted to one by someone else)
- intr (of a clock) to strike the hour or quarter-hour just past, when a spring is pressed
- intr to vote (illegally) more than once in a single election
- repeat oneselfto say or do the same thing more than once, esp so as to be tedious
noun
- the act or an instance of repeating
- ( as modifier )
a repeat performance
- a word, action, etc, that is repeated
- an order made out for goods, provisions, etc, that duplicates a previous order
- a duplicate copy of something; reproduction
- radio television a further broadcast of a programme, film, etc, which has been broadcast before
- music a passage that is an exact restatement of the passage preceding it
Usage
Derived Forms
- reˌpeataˈbility, noun
- reˈpeatable, adjective
Other Words From
- re·peata·ble adjective
- re·peata·bili·ty noun
- nonre·peat noun
- self-re·peating adjective
- unre·peata·ble adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of repeat1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
This time it would be the biggest mistake for the Western press to repeat that—absolutely the biggest mistake.
The battle between conservation groups and FWS over the fate of the Yellowstone grizzly is about to repeat.
A Manhattan window washer somehow survived a 47-story fall back in 2007, but such a miracle was not likely to repeat itself.
Too Many Cooks also rewards repeat viewings and frame-by-frame scrutiny.
As he did when he was a boy, he would repeat the lessons of the founding fathers and God the Father until he knew them.
After you have repeated the Correlation, then repeat the two extremes, thus—“Anchor” … “Bolster.”
It seems necessary to repeat this line in order to start the series of rimes.
To be able to repeat great po-ems at will, is to have a treasure you can allus carry with you while your voice lasts.
Smitten in conscience, that landlord hurried out after the missionary and actually begged of him to repeat his visit.
A pedantic fellow called for a bottle of hock at a tavern, which the waiter, not hearing distinctly, asked him to repeat.
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