Definitions for repeat
rɪˈpitre·peat

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. repeat, repetition(verb)

   an event that repeats

   "the events today were a repeat of yesterday's"

2. repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell(verb)

   to say, state, or perform again

   "She kept reiterating her request"

3. duplicate, reduplicate, double, repeat, replicate(verb)

   make or do or perform again

   "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick"

4. recur, repeat(verb)

   happen or occur again

   "This is a recurring story"

5. repeat, echo(verb)

   to say again or imitate

   "followers echoing the cries of their leaders"

6. repeat, take over(verb)

   do over

   "They would like to take it over again"

7. reprise, reprize, repeat, recapitulate(verb)

   repeat an earlier theme of a composition

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. repeat(Noun)

   An iteration; a repetition.

   We gave up after the third repeat because it got boring.

2. repeat(Noun)

   A television program shown after its initial presentation -- particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a rerun.

3. repeat(Verb)

   or To do or say again (and again).

   The scientists repeat the experiment in order to confirm the result.

Origin: From repeter, from repeto.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Repeat(verb)

   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

2. Repeat(verb)

   to make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again

3. Repeat(verb)

   to repay or refund (an excess received)

4. Repeat(noun)

   the act of repeating; repetition

5. Repeat(noun)

   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.)

6. Repeat(noun)

   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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'repeat' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3752

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'repeat' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2734

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'repeat' in Verbs Frequency: #308

Anagrams for repeat »

1. retape

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of repeat in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of repeat in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of repeat in a Sentence

1. Proverb:

   Fools repeat the proverb

2. Oliver Pursche:

   History will continue to repeat itself.

3. Jerry Orbach:

   Look, kid. Three jokes. First joke. repeat it.

4. Samuel Palmer:

   Wise men make proverbs, but fools repeat them.

5. Proverb:

   Wise men make proverbs, but fools repeat them.

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