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repeat Definition

re·peat (ri pēt′; for n., also rē′pēt′)

transitive verb

  1. to say or utter again; reiterate to repeat a remark
  2. to say over or through; recite (a poem, etc.)
  3. to say (something) as said by someone else
  4. to tell to someone else to repeat a secret
    1. to do or make again; do over again to repeat a test
    2. to make happen again or undergo again to repeat an adventure
  6. to say again what has been said before by (oneself)
  7. to present (itself or themselves) again

Etymology: ME repeten < OFr repeter < L repetere < re-, again + petere, to demand, rush at, fall: see feather

intransitive verb

  1. to say or do again what has been said or done before
  2. to recur experiences repeat
  3. to continue to be tasted, as because of belching: often with on foods that repeat on one
  4. ☆ to vote (illegally) more than once in the same election

noun

  1. the act of doing or saying again; repetition
    1. anything said, done, or occurring again
    2. a rebroadcast of a radio or television program
  3. Music
    1. a passage repeated in playing
    2. either of two signs used to mark the end (:∥) and, when appropriate, the beginning (∥:) of such a passage

repeat Related Forms

re·peat′·abil′·ity noun re·peat′·able adjective

repeat Synonyms

repeat

v.

  1. To do again

    redo, remake, do over, play over, rehash, reciprocate, return, rework, reform, refashion, recast, duplicate, reduplicate, reproduce, replicate, renew, reconstruct, reerect, revert, hold over, go over again and again.

  2. To happen again

    reoccur, recur, revolve, reappear, occur again, come again, return, crop up again; see also happen 2.

  3. To say again

    reiterate, iterate, restate, recapitulate, reissue, republish, reutter, echo, recite, reecho, parrot, regurgitate, rehearse, retell, rehash, go over, play back, read back, quote, copy, imitate, perseverate, harp on, drum into*, come again*, sing the same old song*; see also paraphrase.

repeat is the common, general word meaning to say, do, make, present, etc. over again will you repeat that question, please?; reiterate and the less common iterate both imply repeating either once or several times, but reiterate more strongly suggests insistent repetition over and over again he kept reiterating his innocence; recapitulate suggests a concise repetition of the main points in a discourse in summarizing to recapitulate last week's lecture

repeat Usage Examples

Object

  • feat: They will need some quality freshers if they are to repeat the feats of last season.
  • mistake: A new round should not repeat the mistakes of the past.
  • phrase: He repeated a phrase in Welsh for a meeting of the Carmarthen Labor Party.
  • experiment: Blue red and comes standard with not repeat the experiment.
  • exercise: We look forward to repeating the exercise in two years time.
  • trick: Let's try and repeat the trick for 2005, starting with that perennial favorite.

Preposition: at

interval: E-mail messages should also be repeated at regular intervals.

Adjective modifier

  • tandem: Furthermore, other loci containing tandem repeats within the M. tuberculosis genome are currently being investigated to further improve the MIRU panel.
  • expanded: These data also suggest that highly unstable expanded simple sequence repeats may act as sensitive reporters of genotoxic assault in the soma.

Modifies a noun

  • prescription: Anyone who needs regular medication or has repeat prescriptions needs to check they will not run out over the holiday period.
  • victimization: The WSU forms an important part of the MARAC process which has had impressive outcomes in reducing repeat victimization for very high risk survivors.
  • offender: Still, he said, England suffers from an even higher rate of repeat offenders than our country.
  • smear: In these cases, a repeat smear may be necessary but does not necessarily mean there is a significant problem.
  • viewing: Unfortunately the animation will not continue to impress you on repeat viewings and there is not enough action to call this an action film.
  • medication: Study patients were recorded as taking 2,927 repeat medications ( mode of two per patient ).

Noun used with modifier

tetratricopeptide: The catalytic domain of PP5 is preceded at its N-terminus by a regulatory domain composed of three tandem tetratricopeptide repeat ( TPR ) motifs.

Used with why or when

what: I suppose they don't want to repeat what they had on the previous edition.

Present participle complement

  • dispense: Will I only be paid the repeat dispensing payment if I submit repeat dispensing prescriptions each month?
  • prescribe: Repeat Prescribing We looked at repeat prescribing, concentrating on expensive drugs.

Followed by an intransitive particle

over: Freedom of religion is emphasized and repeated over and over again.