7. repeat to cause a taste to return after eating, as through belching: Onions always repeat on me.
8. repeat to vote illegally by casting more than one vote in the same election.
9. (n.)repeat the act of repeating.
10. repeat something repeated; repetition.
11. repeat a duplication or reproduction.
12. repeat a musical passage to be performed anew.
13. repeat a sign placed in the score before and after such a passage.
14. repeat a radio or television program that has been broadcast at least once before.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME repeten (v.) < MF repeter < L repetere to return to, repeat =re-re - +petere to reach towards, seek)
Definition of 'Repeat'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (verb)repeat, repetition an event that repeats "the events today were a repeat of yesterday's"
2. (verb)repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell to say, state, or perform again "She kept reiterating her request"
3. (verb)duplicate, reduplicate, double, repeat, replicate make or do or perform again "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick"
4. (verb)recur, repeat happen or occur again "This is a recurring story"
5. (verb)repeat, echo to say again or imitate "followers echoing the cries of their leaders"
6. (verb)repeat, take over do over "They would like to take it over again"
7. (verb)reprise, reprize, repeat, recapitulate repeat an earlier theme of a composition
1. (verb)repeat to say or do sth again or several times Can you repeat this sentence after me?; I'll never repeat that mistake.; a repeating rhythm
2. repeat to tell sb information that sb else told you; = recount Do not repeat a word of what I said.
3. (noun)repeat sth that is repeated a repeat of last night's argument
4. repeat a TV show, radio show, etc. that has been broadcast before; = rerun There's never anything on except repeats.
Definition of 'Repeat'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)Repeat the act of repeating; repetition
2. (noun)Repeat that which is repeated; as, the repeat of a pattern; that is, the repetition of the engraved figure on a roller by which an impression is produced (as in calico printing, etc.)
3. (noun)Repeat a mark, or series of dots, placed before and after, or often only at the end of, a passage to be repeated in performance
4. (verb)Repeat to go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem
5. (verb)Repeat to make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again
6. (verb)Repeat to repay or refund (an excess received)