repeat (rɪˈpiːt
)
Definitions
verb
- (when tr, may take a clause as object) to say or write (something) again, either once or several times; restate or reiterate
- to do or experience (something) again once or several times
- (intr) to occur more than once ⇒
the last figure repeats
- (tr; may take a clause as object) to reproduce (the words, sounds, etc) uttered by someone else; echo
- (tr) to utter (a poem, speech, etc) from memory; recite
- (intr)
- (of food) to be tasted again after ingestion as the result of belching or slight regurgitation
- to belch
- (tr; may take a clause as object) to tell to another person (the words, esp secrets, imparted to one by someone else)
- (intr) (of a clock) to strike the hour or quarter-hour just past, when a spring is pressed
- (intr) US to vote (illegally) more than once in a single election
- See repeat oneself
noun
- the act or an instance of repeating
- ((as modifier) ⇒
a repeat performance
- a word, action, etc, that is repeated
- an order made out for goods, provisions, etc, that duplicates a previous order
- a duplicate copy of something; reproduction
- radio television a further broadcast of a programme, film, etc, which has been broadcast before
- music a passage that is an exact restatement of the passage preceding it
Alternative Forms
reˌpeataˈbility noun reˈpeatable adjectiveWord Origin
C14: from Old French repeter , from Latin repetere to seek again, from re- + petere to seekTranslations
- British English:
repeat
If there is a repeat of an event, usually an undesirable event, it happens again.There were fears that there might be a repeat of last year's campaign of strikes.rɪˈpiːt NOUN There were fears that there might be a repeat of last year's campaign of strikes.
- Spanish:
repetición
nf
- French:
rediffusion
nf
- German:
Wiederholung
nf
- Chinese: 重复 n
- Arabic: تَكْرار n
- Portuguese: repetição nf
- Russian: повторение nnt
- Croatian: ponavljanje nnt
- Czech: opakování nnt
- Danish: gentagelse nutr
- Dutch: herhaling nf
- Finnish: toisto n
- Greek: επανάληψη nf
- Italian: ripetizione nf
- Japanese: 繰り返し n
- Korean: 반복 n
- Norwegian: repetisjon nm
- Polish: powtórzenie nnt
- Brazilian Portuguese: repetição nf
- European Spanish:
repetición
nf
- Swedish: repris nutr
- Thai: การกระทำซ้ำ n
- Turkish: tekrar n
- Vietnamese: sự nhắc lại n
- British English:
repeat
If you repeat something, you say or write it again.She repeated what she had said before.rɪˈpiːt VERB She repeated what she had said before.
- Spanish:
repetir
v
- French:
répéter
vt
- German:
wiederholen
v
- Chinese: 重复 v
- Arabic: يُكَرِّرُ v
- Portuguese: repetir v
- Russian: повторять v
- Croatian: ponoviti v
- Czech: zopakovat v opakovat
- Danish: gentage v
- Dutch: herhalen v
- Finnish: toistaa v
- Greek: επαναλαμβάνω v
- Italian: ripetere v
- Japanese: 繰り返す v
- Korean: 반복하다 v
- Norwegian: repetere v
- Polish: powtórzyć v powtarzać
- Brazilian Portuguese: repetir v
- European Spanish:
repetir
v
- Swedish: upprepa v
- Thai: พูด เขียนทำซ้ำ v
- Turkish: tekrarlamak v
- Vietnamese: nhắc lại v
Usage examples
Reba the trance queen, who could repeat the same actions endlessly without tiring, without ever changing them.
, Death in Fashion (1985)The spacecraft, designed by Scaled Composites of Mojave, California, will now have to repeat the feat by 13 October to take the prize.
New Scientist (2004)Paul Slattery, a repeat student from the Tuam Vocational School, Co Galway, found the paper much more difficult than last year.
Irish Times (2002)Remember, repeat treatments may be necessary throughout the growing season.
Glasgow Herald (2001)At any one time, about 80 percent of the traffic on eBay came from repeat visitors.
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