What does repeat mean?
Definitions for repeat
rɪˈpitre·peat
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word repeat.
Princeton's WordNet
repeat, repetitionverb
an event that repeats
"the events today were a repeat of yesterday's"
repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retellverb
to say, state, or perform again
"She kept reiterating her request"
duplicate, reduplicate, double, repeat, replicateverb
make or do or perform again
"He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick"
recur, repeatverb
happen or occur again
"This is a recurring story"
repeat, echoverb
to say again or imitate
"followers echoing the cries of their leaders"
repeat, take oververb
do over
"They would like to take it over again"
reprise, reprize, repeat, recapitulateverb
repeat an earlier theme of a composition
Wiktionary
repeatnoun
An iteration; a repetition.
We gave up after the third repeat because it got boring.
repeatnoun
A television program shown after its initial presentation -- particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a rerun.
repeatverb
or To do or say again (and again).
The scientists repeat the experiment in order to confirm the result.
Etymology: From repeter, from repeto.
Webster Dictionary
Repeatverb
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
Repeatverb
to make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again
Repeatverb
to repay or refund (an excess received)
Repeatnoun
the act of repeating; repetition
Repeatnoun
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.)
Repeatnoun
a mark, or series of dots, placed before and after, or often only at the end of, a passage to be repeated in performance
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Repeat
rē-pēt′, v.t. to do again: to speak again, to iterate: to quote from memory: to rehearse: (Scots law) to refund.—v.i. to strike the hours, as a watch: to recur: the act of repeating.—n. (mus.) a part performed a second time: a mark directing a part to be repeated.—adjs. Repeat′able; Repeat′ed, done again: frequent.—adv. Repeat′edly, many times repeated: again and again: frequently.—ns. Repeat′er, one who, or that which, repeats: a decimal in which the same figure or figures are continually repeated: a watch that strikes again the previous hour at the touch of a spring: a frigate appointed to attend an admiral in a fleet, and to repeat any signal he makes: (teleg.) an instrument for automatically retransmitting a message: in calico-printing, a figure repeated at equal intervals in a pattern; Repeat′ing, the fraud of voting at an election for the same candidate more than once.—Repeating firearm, a firearm that may be discharged many times in quick succession; Repeat one's self, to say again what one has said already; Repeat signals, to repeat those of the senior officer: to make a signal again. [O. Fr. repeter (Fr. répéter)—L. repetĕre, repetitum—re-, again, petĕre, to seek.]
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'repeat' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3752
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'repeat' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2734
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'repeat' in Verbs Frequency: #308
Anagrams for repeat »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of repeat in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of repeat in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of repeat in a Sentence
I say once again that South Korea isn’t the one that our military forces have to fight against, surely, we aren’t strengthening our defense capability because of South Korea. We shouldn’t repeat a horrible history of compatriots using force against each other.
Each time our heart is broken, we should learn a lesson and not repeat the same mistakes. However, often there is nothing we could have done to save the relationship.
We will prohibit a person from possessing or purchasing a firearm if they are subject to an injunction for protection against stalking, cyberstalking, dating violence, repeat violence, sexual violence or domestic violence.
And it would be a serious mistake for Russia to engage in a repeat of what it did in 2014.
Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself, the most comforting words of all; this, too, shall pass.
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- herhaalAfrikaans
- أعاد, كررArabic
- təkrarlamaqAzerbaijani
- паўтара́ць, паўтары́цьBelarusian
- повта́рямBulgarian
- repetirCatalan, Valencian
- opakovatCzech
- ailadroddWelsh
- repetere, gentageDanish
- wiederholenGerman
- επαναλαμβάνωGreek
- ripetiEsperanto
- repetirSpanish
- kordamaEstonian
- تکرار شدنPersian
- toistaaFinnish
- répéterFrench
- repetirGalician
- दोहराना, फिर से कहनाHindi
- megismételHungarian
- կրկնելArmenian
- repeterInterlingua
- mengulangIndonesian
- endurtakaIcelandic
- ripetereItalian
- リピート, 繰り返すJapanese
- გამეორებაGeorgian
- қайталауKazakh
- 반복하다, 되풀이하다Korean
- itero, repetoLatin
- ຊ້ຳLao
- pakartotiLithuanian
- atkārtotLatvian
- ulangMalay
- ထပ်Burmese
- herdoen, herhalen, wederhalen, herzeggenDutch
- powtarzać, powtórzyćPolish
- repetirPortuguese
- повтори́ть, повторя́тьRussian
- ponòviti, поно̀витиSerbo-Croatian
- opakovaťSlovak
- ponovitiSlovene
- upprepa, repeteraSwedish
- ทำซ้ำThai
- tekrar etmek, tekrarlamak, yinelemekTurkish
- повто́рюватиUkrainian
- دوہراناUrdu
- nhắc lại, lặp lạiVietnamese
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