1
: something taken as food : meal
2
: the act or time of taking food
Examples of repast in a Sentence
Noun
She offered us a light repast before we set out on our trip.
monks taking their evening repast in silence
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Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
This tasty if not particularly healthy repast will be served on Shudder later this year.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025
The repast was attended by dozens of Samir’s aunts, uncles, friends, and cousins, none of whom could tell a story about Samir without laughing at the memory of the funny, bubbly boy.
—Aurora Sousanis, Freep.com, 13 July 2025
Jiles, 34, and Edmondson’s cousin, Troy Robert Kennedy, 37, were fatally shot outside a senior-living apartment building in St. Paul on Feb. 25, 2023, following a repast for an 80-year-old woman.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 11 July 2025
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Noun
Fashion provides people with a delicious repast and then prepares itself to serve another.
—Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
This tasty if not particularly healthy repast will be served on Shudder later this year.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025
The repast was attended by dozens of Samir’s aunts, uncles, friends, and cousins, none of whom could tell a story about Samir without laughing at the memory of the funny, bubbly boy.
—Aurora Sousanis, Freep.com, 13 July 2025
Jiles, 34, and Edmondson’s cousin, Troy Robert Kennedy, 37, were fatally shot outside a senior-living apartment building in St. Paul on Feb. 25, 2023, following a repast for an 80-year-old woman.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 11 July 2025
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“Repast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repast. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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