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verb \ri-ˈpēt\Definition of REPEAT
transitive verb
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a : to make, do, or perform again <repeat an experiment> b : to make appear again <the curtains repeat the wallpaper pattern> <will repeat the program tomorrow> c : to go through or experience again <had to repeat third grade>
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: to express or present (oneself) again in the same words, terms, or form
intransitive verb
: to say, do, or accomplish something again; especially : to win (as a sports championship) another time in succession
— re·peat·abil·i·ty \-ˌpē-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē\ noun
— re·peat·able \-ˈpē-tə-bəl\ adjective
See Examples of REPEAT
- 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.
Origin of REPEAT
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
First Known Use: 14th century
Rhymes with REPEAT
accrete, aesthete, afreet, athlete, backbeat, backseat, backstreet, bedsheet, bench seat, big beat, bolete, box pleat, box seat, break beat, broadsheet, browbeat, buckwheat, bystreet, call sheet, car seat, cheat sheet, clipsheet, cloud street, cold feet, compete, compleat, complete, conceit, concrete, crabmeat, crib sheet, deadbeat, dead heat, dead meat, deceit, defeat, delete, deplete, discreet, discrete, disseat, downbeat, drop seat, drumbeat, dutch treat, effete, elite, en suite, entreat, escheat, excrete, facete, Fleet Street, fly sheet, forcemeat, foresheet, four-peat, gamete, groundsheet, hard wheat, heartbeat, heat-treat, helpmeet, hoofbeat, hot seat, house seat, ice sheet, ill-treat, jump seat, kick pleat, love seat, mainsheet, Main Street, maltreat, mesquite, mincemeat, mistreat, offbeat, Ossete, petite, pink sheet, preheat, rap sheet, receipt, recheat, red heat, red meat, red wheat, regreet, replete, retreat, scratch sheet, secrete, side street, slip-sheet, soft wheat, spreadsheet, stand treat, swap meet, sweetmeat, tear sheet, terete, three-peat, through street, time sheet, unmeet, unseat, upbeat, vegete, volkslied, white heat
2re·peat
noun \ri-ˈpēt, ˈrē-ˌ\Definition of REPEAT
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a : something repeated : repetition b : a musical passage to be repeated in performance; also : a sign placed before and after such a passage c : a usually transcribed repetition of a radio or television program d : a duplication of genetic material (as a sequence of nucleotides) in which the duplicated parts are adjacent to each other along the chromosome
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: the act of repeating
Examples of REPEAT
- Most of the customers are repeats.
- No, I don't want to watch that. It's a repeat.
Illustration of REPEAT
First Known Use of REPEAT
15th century
Related to REPEAT
- Synonyms
- duplication, iteration, redo, reduplication, reiteration, renewal, repetition, replay, replication, reprise
3re·peat
adjective \ri-ˈpēt\Definition of REPEAT
: of, relating to, or being one that repeats an offense, achievement, or action <a repeat burglar> <a repeat customer>
First Known Use of REPEAT
1888
re·peat
noun \ri-ˈpēt, ˈrē-ˌ\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of REPEAT
: genetic duplication in which the duplicated parts are adjacent to each other along the chromosome
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