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| re·peat [ ri pt ] |
verb (past and past participle re·peat·ed, present participle re·peat·ing, 3rd person present singular re·peats) |
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1. transitive verb say something again: to say or write something again
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2. transitive and intransitive verb do or undergo something again: to do, produce, or experience something again or several times
  She repeated the exercises every day.
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3. transitive and intransitive verb echo somebody's words: to say again what somebody else has said
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4. transitive verb tell what has been heard: to tell another person something that was told to you, especially when it was done in confidence
I'll tell you, but you mustn't repeat it to anyone else.
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5. transitive verb say something memorized: to recite something that has been learned
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6. re·peat your·self [ ri pt ] vr say same thing again: to do or say something again, especially more than once
You get tired of repeating yourself after a while.
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7. re·peat it·self [ ri pt ] vr happen again: to happen again in the same way as previously
History is repeating itself.
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8. transitive and intransitive verb broadcasting broadcast again: to broadcast a television or radio program again, or be broadcast again
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9. intransitive verb be tasted again: to be tasted again after having been eaten, through wind or partial regurgitation
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Those spicy meatballs are repeating on me.
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noun (plural re·peats) |
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1. recurring event or situation: an event or situation that is the same as a previous one
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2. something shown again: something that is broadcast, shown, or performed again
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3. music recurring musical passage: a passage of music played again within a single piece, or the notation indicating that this is to be done
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4. uniformly reproduced pattern: a pattern reproduced uniformly across a surface
upholstery fabric with a large floral repeat
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5. act of reordering something: a reorder of the same goods or by the same customer
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| [14th century. Via French< Latin repetere "demand again" < petere "to demand"] |
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