First Known Use: 14th century
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1repeat
verb re·peat \ri-ˈpēt\
: to say (something) again
: to say (something) after someone else has said it
: to say (something that you have memorized)
Full Definition of REPEAT
transitive verb
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a : to make, do, or perform again <repeat an experiment> b : to make appear again <the curtains repeat the wallpaper pattern> <will repeat the program tomorrow> c : to go through or experience again <had to repeat third grade>
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: to express or present (oneself) again in the same words, terms, or form
intransitive verb
: to say, do, or accomplish something again; especially : to win (as a sports championship) another time in succession
— re·peat·abil·i·ty \-ˌpē-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē\ noun
— re·peat·able \-ˈpē-tə-bəl\ adjective
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Origin of REPEAT
Middle English repeten, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French repeter, from Old French, from Latin repetere to return to, repeat, from re- + petere to go to, seek — more at feather
Rhymes with REPEAT
accrete, aesthete, afreet, athlete, backbeat, backseat, backstreet, bedsheet, bench seat, big beat, bolete, box pleat, box seat, break beat, broadsheet, browbeat, buckwheat, bystreet, call sheet, car seat, cheat sheet, clipsheet, cloud street, cold feet, compete, compleat, complete, conceit, concrete, crabmeat, crib sheet, deadbeat, dead heat, dead meat, deceit, defeat, delete, deplete, discreet, discrete, disseat, downbeat, drop seat, drumbeat, dutch treat, effete, elite, en suite, entreat, escheat, excrete, facete, Fleet Street, fly sheet, forcemeat, foresheet, four-peat, gamete, groundsheet, hard wheat, heartbeat, heat-treat, helpmeet, hoofbeat, hot seat, house seat, ice sheet, ill-treat, jump seat, kick pleat, love seat, mainsheet, Main Street, maltreat, mesquite, mincemeat, mistreat, offbeat, Ossete, petite, pink sheet, preheat, rap sheet, receipt, recheat, red heat, red meat, red wheat, regreet, replete, retreat, scratch sheet, secrete, side street, slip-sheet, soft wheat, spreadsheet, stand treat, swap meet, sweetmeat, tear sheet, terete, three-peat, through street, time sheet, unmeet, unseat, upbeat, vegete, volkslied, white heat
2repeat
noun re·peat \ri-ˈpēt, ˈrē-ˌ\
: an occurrence in which something happens or is done again
: something that happens or is done again
: someone who does something again
Full Definition of REPEAT
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a : something repeated : repetition b : a musical passage to be repeated in performance; also : a sign placed before and after such a passage c : a usually transcribed repetition of a radio or television program d : a duplication of genetic material (as a sequence of nucleotides) in which the duplicated parts are adjacent to each other along the chromosome
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: the act of repeating
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First Known Use of REPEAT
15th century
Related to REPEAT
- Synonyms
- duplication, iteration, redo, reduplication, reiteration, renewal, repetition, replay, replication, reprise
3repeat
adjective re·peat \ri-ˈpēt\
Definition of REPEAT
: of, relating to, or being one that repeats an offense, achievement, or action <a repeat burglar> <a repeat customer>
First Known Use of REPEAT
1888
REPEATS Defined for Kids
1repeat
verb re·peat \ri-ˈpēt\
re·peat·edre·peat·ing
Definition of REPEAT for Kids
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: to state or tell again <Please repeat the question.>
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: to say from memory : recite <I'll try to repeat what I heard that night.>
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: to make or do again <I don't want to repeat a mistake.>
2repeat
noun
Definition of REPEAT for Kids
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: the act of happening or being done again
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: something happening or being done again
Medical Dictionary
repeat
noun re·peat \ri-ˈpēt, ˈrē-ˌ\
Medical Definition of REPEAT
: genetic duplication in which the duplicated parts are adjacent to each other along the chromosome
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