repeat
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.
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.
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.
Origin of repeat
1synonym study For repeat
Other words for repeat
Other words from repeat
- re·peat·a·ble, adjective
- re·peat·a·bil·i·ty, noun
- non·re·peat, noun
- self-re·peat·ing, adjective
- un·re·peat·a·ble, adjective
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How to use repeat in a sentence
In their repeat performance, the CEOs defended their companies’ various election efforts, including labels that they said provided context to conversations.
Senators attack Facebook and Twitter over labeling election misinformation | Danielle Abril | November 17, 2020 | FortuneThe agency suggested repeat testing to reduce false negatives but didn’t mention false positives.
Rapid Testing Is Less Accurate Than the Government Wants to Admit | by Lisa Song | November 16, 2020 | ProPublicaGoing forward, the authors of the study are now turning their attention to BioAsteroid, an exciting repeat of the reactor experiment but with crushed-up asteroid material that will launch to the ISS in December.
These rock-eating microbes could help us settle the Moon and Mars | Paola Rosa-Aquino | November 11, 2020 | Popular-ScienceIt will be a repeat of what happened with Memorial Day, and Labor Day.
How to have a safer — but not safe — pandemic Thanksgiving | Brian Resnick | November 11, 2020 | VoxThe Raiders were treated as repeat offenders by the league after the team, Gruden and players previously were fined for other protocol violations.
NFL fines, strips Raiders of draft pick, also penalizes Steelers for coronavirus violations | Mark Maske | November 6, 2020 | Washington Post
British Dictionary definitions for repeat
/ (rɪˈpiːt) /
(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) US to vote (illegally) more than once in a single election
repeat oneself to say or do the same thing more than once, esp so as to be tedious
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
Origin of repeat
1usage For repeat
Derived forms of repeat
- repeatability, noun
- repeatable, adjective
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