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repeat

[ri-peet]

verb (used with object)

  1. to say or utter again (something already said).

    to repeat a word for emphasis.

    Synonyms: , ,
  2. to say or utter in reproducing the words, inflections, etc., of another.

    to repeat a sentence after the teacher.

  3. to reproduce (utterances, sounds, etc.) in the manner of an echo, a phonograph, or the like.

    Synonyms: ,
  4. to tell (something heard) to another or others.

  5. to do, make, or perform again.

    to repeat an action.

  6. to go through or undergo again.

    to repeat an experience.



verb (used without object)

  1. to do or say something again.

  2. to cause a slight regurgitation.

    The onions I ate are repeating on me.

  3. to vote illegally by casting more than one vote in the same election.

noun

  1. the act of repeating.

  2. something repeated; repetition.

  3. a duplicate or reproduction of something.

  4. a decorative pattern repeated, usually by printing, on a textile or the like.

  5. Music.

    1. a passage to be repeated.

    2. a sign, as a vertical arrangement of dots, calling for the repetition of a passage.

  6. a radio or television program that has been broadcast at least once before.

repeat

/ ɪˈ辱ː /

verb

  1. (when tr, may take a clause as object) to say or write (something) again, either once or several times; restate or reiterate

  2. to do or experience (something) again once or several times

  3. (intr) to occur more than once

    the last figure repeats

  4. (tr; may take a clause as object) to reproduce (the words, sounds, etc) uttered by someone else; echo

  5. (tr) to utter (a poem, speech, etc) from memory; recite

  6. (intr)

    1. (of food) to be tasted again after ingestion as the result of belching or slight regurgitation

    2. to belch

  7. (tr; may take a clause as object) to tell to another person (the words, esp secrets, imparted to one by someone else)

  8. (intr) (of a clock) to strike the hour or quarter-hour just past, when a spring is pressed

  9. (intr) to vote (illegally) more than once in a single election

  10. to say or do the same thing more than once, esp so as to be tedious

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

    1. the act or an instance of repeating

    2. ( as modifier )

      a repeat performance

  1. a word, action, etc, that is repeated

  2. an order made out for goods, provisions, etc, that duplicates a previous order

  3. a duplicate copy of something; reproduction

  4. radio television a further broadcast of a programme, film, etc, which has been broadcast before

  5. music a passage that is an exact restatement of the passage preceding it

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Usage

Since again is part of the meaning of repeat , one should not say something is repeated again
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • repeatable adjective
  • repeatability noun
  • nonrepeat noun
  • self-repeating adjective
  • unrepeatable adjective
  • ˌ𲹳ٲˈٲ noun
  • ˈ𲹳ٲ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of repeat1

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English repeten (verb), from Middle French repeter, from Latin repetere “to attack again, demand return of,” equivalent to re- re- + petere “to reach towards, seek” ( perpetual, petulant )
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of repeat1

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

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.
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Shanks said that Scotland was missing out on similar investment, and repeated calls for the Scottish government to end its "ideological position" of presumption against nuclear power.

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You probably have discussed this in previous columns but might be worth repeating.

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He noted that anger over the military’s repeated clashes with civilians helped stoke the flames that led to the Civil War.

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It was only after repeated emails to both Facewatch and Home Bargains that she eventually found there had been an allegation of theft of about £10 worth of toilet rolls on 8 May.

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But there is a repeated acknowledgement of what are described as the UK's "long held grave concerns" about Iran's nuclear programme – the very thing Israel is attempting to destroy.

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