repeat

re·peat (r

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v. re·peat·ed, re·peat·ing, re·peats

v.tr.

1. To say again: repeat a question.

2. To utter in duplication of another's utterance.

3. To recite from memory.

4. To tell to another.

5. To do, experience, or produce again: repeat past successes.

6. To express (oneself) in the same way or words: repeats himself constantly.

v.intr.

1. To do or say something again.

2. To commit the fraudulent offense of voting more than once in a single election.

1. An act of repeating.

2. Something repeated, as an interval in athletic training.

3. A broadcast of a television or radio program that has been previously broadcast; a rerun.

4. Music

a. A passage or section that is repeated.

b. 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.

[Middle English repeten, from Old French repeter, from Latin repetere, to seek again : re-, re- + petere, to seek; see pet- in Indo-European roots.]

re·peata·bili·ty n.

re·peata·ble adj.

Synonyms: repeat, iterate, reiterate, restate
These verbs mean to state again: repeated the warning; iterate a demand; reiterated the question; restated the obvious.

repeat

Verb

1. to say, write, or do again

2. to tell to another person (the secrets told to one by someone else)

3. to recite (a poem, etc.) from memory

4. to occur more than once: this pattern repeats itself many times

5. (of food) to be tasted again after eating as the result of belching

6. to say (the words or sounds) uttered by someone else; echo

Noun

1. the act or an instance of repeating

2. a word, action, pattern, etc., that is repeated

3. Radio, television a broadcast of a programme which has been broadcast before

4. Music a passage that is an exact restatement of the passage preceding it [Latin repetere to seek again]

repeated adj
repeatedly adv
repeatable adj

USAGE: Since again is part of the meaning of repeat, one should not say something is repeated again.

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	repeat - an event that repeats; "the events today were a repeat of yesterday's" repetition periodic event, recurrent event - an event that recurs at intervals sequence - several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys cycle - a periodically repeated sequence of events; "a cycle of reprisal and retaliation" rematch, replay - something (especially a game) that is played again recurrence, return - happening again (especially at regular intervals); "the return of spring"
Verb	1.	repeat - to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request" ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, restate, retell tell - let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late" perseverate - psychology: repeat a response after the cessation of the original stimulus; "The subjects in this study perseverated" ditto - repeat an action or statement; "The next speaker dittoed her argument" harp, dwell - come back to; "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always harping on the same old things" translate, interpret, render - restate (words) from one language into another language; "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into English"; "He translates for the U.N." paraphrase, rephrase, reword - express the same message in different words sum up, summarize, summarise, resume - give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize" quote, cite - repeat a passage from; "He quoted the Bible to her"
	2.	repeat - make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick" duplicate, reduplicate, replicate, double replicate, copy - reproduce or make an exact copy of; "replicate the cell"; "copy the genetic information" recapitulate - repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life geminate, reduplicate - form by reduplication; "The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel"; "The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word" reproduce - make a copy or equivalent of; "reproduce the painting"
	3.	repeat - happen or occur again; "This is a recurring story" recur hap, happen, occur, come about, take place, go on, pass off, fall out, pass - come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" iterate - run or be performed again; "the function iterates" cycle - recur in repeating sequences
	4.	repeat - to say again or imitate; "followers echoing the cries of their leaders" echo recite - repeat aloud from memory; "she recited a poem"; "The pupil recited his lesson for the day" cuckoo - repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call reecho - repeat back like an echo parrot - repeat mindlessly; "The students parroted the teacher's words" regurgitate, reproduce - repeat after memorization; "For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information" let loose, let out, utter, emit - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"
	5.	repeat - do over; "They would like to take it over again" take over act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"
	6.	repeat - repeat an earlier theme of a composition reprise, reprize, recapitulate music - musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" spiel, play - replay (as a melody); "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully"

repeat

verb 1. reiterate, restate, recapitulate, iterate

verb 2. retell, relate, quote, renew, echo, replay, reproduce, rehearse, recite, duplicate, redo, rerun, reshow

noun 3. repetition, echo, duplicate, reiteration, recapitulation

noun 4. rerun, replay, reproduction, reshowing

USAGE Since the sense of again is already contained within the re- part of the word repeat, it is unnecessary to say that something is repeated again.

In artillery and naval gunfire support, an order or request to fire again the same number of rounds with the same method of fire.

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