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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

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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


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repeat Usage Examples

Object

  • feat: They will need some quality freshers if they are to repeat the feats of last season.

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.

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.

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?

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • over: Freedom of religion is emphasized and repeated over and over again.
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repeat quotes

That isindeed verygood.Ishall havetorepeatthatonthe Golden Floor!

-Housman, A(lfred) E(dward)

It does no harm to repeat, as often as you can,'Without me the literary industry would not exist'.

-Lessing, Doris May ne¤  e Tayler

   It is impossible to repeat in one period what was done in another.The pointof view isnotthesame, anymorethan are the tools, the ideals, the needs, or the painters' techniques.

-Renoir, Pierre Auguste

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