repeat n : an event that repeats; "the events today were a repeat of yesterday's" [syn: repetition]

1 to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request" [syn: reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell]

2 make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick" [syn: duplicate, reduplicate, double, replicate]

3 happen or occur again; "This is a recurring story" [syn: recur]

4 to say again or imitate; "followers echoing the cries of their leaders" [syn: echo]

5 do over; "They would like to take it over again" [syn: take over]

6 repeat an earlier theme of a composition [syn: reprise, reprize, recapitulate]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːt

Etymology

From repeter, from repeto.

Verb

1. To do again (and again).

Related terms

• repeatedly
• repetition
• repetitive

Translations

Noun

1. An iteration, a repetition.

   We gave up after the third repeat because it got boring.

2. A rerun, something that has been down before.

See also

• redundant

Repeat may refer to:

• Repeat sign in music, or repetition (music)
• Repeat Records
• Repeat - The Best of Jethro Tull - Vol II, record by Jethro Tull
• Another word for a rerun in broadcasting
• Repeated DNA sequence

See also

• Repetition (disambiguation)

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