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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.
Synonyms: , ,
- 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.
Synonyms: ,
- 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
/ ɪˈ辱ː /
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
- ˌٲˈٲ, noun
- ˈٲ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ·a· adjective
- ·a·i·ٲ noun
- ԴDzr· noun
- -·iԲ adjective
- un·a· adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of repeat1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Forest and City have one win apiece from their games in the Premier League this season, but the result Westwood wants a repeat of is their last meeting in the FA Cup.
How can the climate movement avoid a repeat of that?
The Reform UK leader said "hundreds of people who applied to be candidates for the county council elections were rejected... often because of repeated use of words beginning with F and C on social media."
Downing Street declined to repeat its previous opposition to reporters on Thursday, saying it would not provide a "running commentary" on talks.
But another possible source could have been from repeated applications of fertilizers containing lead and arsenic that were widely used over the last century, Wallace said.
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