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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
remains in short supply is the political will to ensure that these impacts are neither ignored nor repeated.
The main street is studded with empty shops, many reportedly put out of business by the cost of repeated floods.
Trump's trade tariffs and repeated comments undermining Canada's sovereignty overshadowed the race, which ended with Carney's Liberals projected to win a minority government, according to public broadcaster CBC.
They were caused by "repeated, severe blunt force trauma that shattered all her facial bones", he added.
The nursery rhyme that goes “Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home, your house is on fire, your children are gone” cruelly repeated in my head.
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