repeat

Repeat means to say or do something again, or to copy someone else.

(verb)

An example of to repeat is to play an audio clip again.

Repeat is defined as an act of copying or something that has been done already.

(noun)

An example of a repeat is a television broadcast that has already aired.

The definition of repeat is relating to or being of a copy or duplicate of something.

(adjective)

An example of repeat used as an adjective is in the phrase "repeat performance," which means a performance that is being done for a second time.

See repeat in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

to say or utter again; reiterate: to repeat a remark
to say over or through; recite (a poem, etc.)
to say (something) as said by someone else
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
to say again what has been said before by (oneself)
to present (itself or themselves) again

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

intransitive verb

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

noun

the act of doing or saying again; repetition
1. anything said, done, or occurring again
2. a rebroadcast of a radio or television program
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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See repeat in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb re·peat·ed, re·peat·ing, re·peats

verb, transitive

verb, intransitive

noun

An act of repeating.
Something repeated, as an interval in athletic training.
A broadcast of a television or radio program that has been previously broadcast; a rerun.
Music
a. A passage or section that is repeated.
b. A sign usually consisting of two vertical dots, indicating a passage to be repeated.

adjective

Of, relating to, or being something that repeats or is repeated: a repeat offender; a repeat performance of the play.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English repeten

Origin: , from Old French repeter

Origin: , from Latin repetere, to seek again

Origin: : re-, re-

Origin: + petere, to seek; see pet- in Indo-European roots

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