repeated

[ ri-pee-tid ]

/ rɪˈpi tɪd /

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adjective

done, made, or said again and again: repeated attempts.

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Origin of repeated

First recorded in 1605–15; repeat + -ed²

Related formsre·peat·ed·ly, adverbnon·re·peat·ed, adjectiveun·re·peat·ed, adjective

repeat

[ ri-peet ]

/ rɪˈpit /

verb (used with object)

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.

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.

Origin of repeat

1325–75; Middle English repeten (v.) < Middle French repeter < Latin repetere to attack again, demand return of, equivalent to re- re- + petere to reach towards, seek (cf. perpetual, petulant)

SYNONYMS FOR repeat

1. iterate, recite, rehearse. 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. 3. echo, reecho.

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Related forms

re·peat·a·ble, adjectivere·peat·a·bil·i·ty, nounnon·re·peat, nounself-re·peat·ing, adjective

un·re·peat·a·ble, adjective

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Examples from the Web for repeated

In a bit of foreshadowing, he repeated that opinion in November.
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They repeated that several times and before the procession moved on.
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The group did not respond to repeated requests for comment.
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He was a well-known raconteur, and some of his stories were widely known and repeated--often by him.
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The sound which had disturbed him was not repeated, and his two companions paid no regard to his remark.
Sergeant Silk the Prairie Scout|Robert Leighton
"In Caesar's name," repeated the official, who had been selected for the duty of reading the Imperial message.
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"Yesseh," repeated Williams, in tones of injury, as if his veracity had been challenged.
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"You may go," repeated the old man, pointing at the road leading to his house.
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A resting-place, he repeated, throwing wide his arms, to which she will not come!
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British Dictionary definitions for repeated

repeated

/ (rɪˈpiːtɪd) /

adjective

done, made, or said again and again; continual or incessant

Derived Formsrepeatedly, adverb

repeat

/ (rɪˈpiːt) /

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 oncethe 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

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

Derived Formsrepeatability, nounrepeatable, adjective

Word Origin for repeat

C14: from Old French repeter, from Latin repetere to seek again, from re- + petere to seek

usage

Since again is part of the meaning of repeat, one should not say something is repeated again

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Word Origin and History for repeated

repeated

adj.

"frequent," 1610s, past participle adjective from repeat (v.). Related: Repeatedly.

repeat

late 14c., "to say what one has already said," from Old French repeter "say or do again, get back, demand the return of" (13c., Modern French répéeter), from Latin repetere "do or say again; attack again," from re- "again" (see re-) + petere "to go to; attack; strive after; ask for, beseech" (see petition (n.)).

Meaning "say what another has said" is from 1590s. As an emphatic word in radio broadcasts, 1938. Meaning "do over again" is from 1550s; specific meaning "to take a course of education over again" is recorded from 1945, American English. Related: Repeated; repeating.

repeat

mid-15c., of music passages, from repeat (v.). From 1937 of broadcasts.

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