Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To say again: repeat a question.
- v. To utter in duplication of another's utterance.
- v. To recite from memory.
- v. To tell to another.
- v. To do, experience, or produce again: repeat past successes.
- v. To express (oneself) in the same way or words: repeats himself constantly.
- v. To do or say something again.
- v. To commit the fraudulent offense of voting more than once in a single election.
- n. An act of repeating.
- n. Something repeated, as an interval in athletic training.
- n. A broadcast of a television or radio program that has been previously broadcast; a rerun.
- n. Music A passage or section that is repeated.
- n. Music A sign usually consisting of two vertical dots, indicating a passage to be repeated.
- adj. Of, relating to, or being something that repeats or is repeated: a repeat offender; a repeat performance of the play.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To do, make, or perform again.
- To say again; iterate.
- To say over; recite; rehearse.
- To seek again.
- In Scots law, to restore; refund; repay, as money erroneously paid.
- Synonyms To relate. See recapitulate.
- To perform some distinctive but unspecified function again or a second time. Specifically— To strike the hour again when desired: said of watches that strike the hours, and will strike again the hour last struck when a spring is pressed. See
repeater , 2. - n. The act of repeating; repetition.
- n. That which is repeated; specifically, in music, a passage performed a second time.
- n. In musical notation, a sign that a passage or movement is to be twice performed. That which is to be repeated is usually included within the signs
or . The sign is often added for greater distinctness. When the passage is not to be repeated entire, the terms da capo (D. C.) or dal segno (D. S.) are used, the former meaning ‘from the beginning,’ and the latter ‘from the sign ,’ and the end of the repeat is marked by fine or by a heavy bar with a hold, . A passage of only a measure or two which is to be repeated is sometimes marked . - In faro, to win or lose with a card in one deal in exactly the same way that it won or lost in the previous deal.
- To regurgitate; be belched up: said of the taste of a food or drug which has been taken into the stomach but is not speedily digested or passed on into the intestine.
Wiktionary
- v. transitive or (intransitive) To do or say again (and again).
- n. An iteration; a repetition.
- n. A television program shown after its initial presentation -- particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a rerun.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite.
- v. obsolete To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.
- v. (Scots Law) To repay or refund (an excess received).
- n. The act of repeating; repetition.
- n. That which is repeated; ; that is, the repetition of the engraved figure on a roller by which an impression is produced (as in calico printing, etc.).
- n. (Mus.) A mark, or series of dots, placed before and after, or often only at the end of, a passage to be repeated in performance.
WordNet 3.0
- v. do over
- n. an event that repeats
- v. to say, state, or perform again
- v. happen or occur again
- v. make or do or perform again
- v. to say again or imitate
- v. repeat an earlier theme of a composition
Etymologies
- From Old French repeter, from Latin repetō, from Latin prefix re- ("again") + peto ("attack, beseech"). (Wiktionary)
- Middle English repeten, from Old French repeter, from Latin repetere, to seek again : re-, re- + petere, to seek; see pet- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“{; BRACKET fileappend, Text sent - % text% ` nText sent - % repeat% times ` nDelay after sending text - % rest% second (s) ` nLast repeat of message sent at % timestamp% ` nstop - % true% ` n ` n, automatedtext. txt”
“Note: Resting for the title repeat run is Bradshaw Christian, which leads the state in rushing with nearly 5,000 yards.”
“Not only for the "pause pronunciation" — child-issued breaks in which I must stop reading in order to repeat a French word that I have tripped up on — but also for the words that I still do not know: both French ... and in English.”
“A title repeat seems out of the question now, so all of their proverbial eggs are in the Copa Libertadores basket and the pressure seems to mount on all ends for Ischia, even in areas where he least expected them.”
“What First Lady do you know who makes what I call "repeat performances" in that she'd have the courage to wear a dress that she's been previously photographed in, for what could have been a controversial occasion?”
“All day long they're told how great they are by the fans and the media alike, they're treated like conquering heroes, and they hear the word repeat'' uttered at least 30 times a day in various contexts.”
“Courtney is what we call a repeat offender, as she was Bridget's guest last Valentine's Day as well.”
“What's going to be fun is using the term repeat all next year. ”
“The Indiana plan basically pays you $2750 + premiums (notably in repeat years where there will be no pay increases) in order to forgo insurance and calls it a success when people who functionally no longer have insurance go to the doctor.”
“This early stage of the repeat is slow and of course the rows are longer than they used to be.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘repeat’.
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Do That Again! ~~ "Re-verbs"
List of verbs that begin with re-, meaning to repeat a specific action or process - reappraise, for example.
I'm also looking for words like repeat, replenish and rescind whose roots d...repeat, rescind, reappraise, refinish, restripe, reapply, resupply, refurbish, reposition, reoffend, redistribute, recoat and 202 more...
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Talk Talk
Words for Talking
( open list, randomness )squawk, gab, chatter, chitchat, blab, prattle, blather, discuss, hector, plead, cajole, harangue and 200 more...
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I am : talking
"These are talking words," I announce. "You mean verbs that can be used for dialogue?" you ask. "That's right!" I agree.
say, speak, ask, declare, query, shout, yell, scream, shriek, squeal, squeak, screech and 81 more...
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harmony of the spheres
tonic, supertonic, mediant, subdominant, dominant, submediant, subtonic, leading tone, progression, sonata, concerto, allegro and 247 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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savage215's Words
pipe, yankee, knickerbocker, tennis, plasma, magma, volcano, car, truck, television, tv, word and 445 more...
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nuwerdna's Words
smegma, defenestration, nubile, zeitgeist, stochastic, ergodic, stability, maudlin, recursion, aversion, agent, set and 239 more...
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Words of the Day
glabella, chirotony, nook-shotten, crapehanger, filemot, swirlie, egosurf, lexiphanicism, Ruritanian, stichometry, chrononaut, faldstool and 2022 more...
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Sunday, December 31st, 2006
Words for the last day of the year
beano, bingo, beanfeast, tumescence, nibble, nuzzle, tease, fondle, play, straddle, grind, climax and 7 more...
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a manner of speaking
Generally, I feel that "they said" is the best way to tag speech in reporting or fiction, but sometimes you want a verb that expresses something about the way a thing is said or shows the attitude ...
mutter, mumble, pronounce, state, whisper, murmur, suggest, ask, inquire, hint, pout, surmise and 50 more...
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candyman's Words
bike, ninja, ammunition, cyclist, pie, pie, adventure, grove, star, tree, he, she and 36 more...
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The Karamazov Bros blab
Dostoevsky's alternatives for 'said' and spruce-ilious adverbs
from the Pevear/Volokhonsky translationdrawl, babble, ask, added, remark, inform, exclaim, call, cry, inquire, shout, drone and 56 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for repeat.

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