Verb
Will you repeat the question?
He kept repeating the same thing over and over.
He often has to ask people to repeat themselves because he's a little deaf. Repeat after me: “I promise to do my best…”.
You are simply repeating, in slightly different words, what has been said already.
My five-year-old can repeat her favorite stories word for word. Noun
Most of the customers are repeats.
No, I don't want to watch that. It's a repeat.
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
The jurors also asked the judge to repeat some of the directions guiding their deliberations.—Graham Kates, CBS News, 30 May 2024 Rogers appears to momentarily lay her head on the ground, repeating the question.—Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 29 May 2024
Noun
The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee has backed Mary Shea, who is a repeat candidate running for the District 29 position A seat, on its shortlist of key races in state legislatures for the November general election.—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 30 May 2024 The Chiefs will be at the White House earlier in the day for a repeat visit as Super Bowl champs.—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2024
Adjective
In a bid to impose heavier penalties on repeat criminal offenders, top Southern California law enforcement officials announced a new initiative Wednesday to target and try more suspects under federal guidelines.—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024 That’s because Hardman’s counterpart at CVS, Ben Dugan, had connected a group of repeat shoplifters at the chain to the pawnshop.—Jeannette Neumann, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for repeat
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Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English repeten, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French repeter, from Old French, from Latin repetere to return to, repeat, from re- + petere to go to, seek — more at feather
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