repeat
[ ri-peet ]
/ rɪˈpit /
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verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
noun
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Origin of repeat
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1, 5. Repeat, recapitulate, reiterate refer to saying a thing more than once. To repeat is to do or say something over again: to repeat a question, an order. To recapitulate is to restate in brief form, to summarize, often by repeating the principal points in a discourse: to recapitulate an argument. To reiterate is to do or say something over and over again, to repeat insistently: to reiterate a refusal, a demand.
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British Dictionary definitions for repeat
repeat
/ (rɪˈpiːt) /
verb
noun
Derived forms of repeat
repeatability, nounrepeatable, adjectiveWord Origin for repeat
C14: from Old French repeter, from Latin repetere to seek again, from re- + petere to seek
usage for repeat
Since again is part of the meaning of repeat, one should not say something is repeated again
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