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Repeat

rɪˈpiːt

Repeat definitions
verb
repeat repeated repeating repeats
  1. say again something one has already said

    "‘Are you hurt?’ he repeated"

    say again restate reiterate go through again go over again run through again iterate rehearse recapitulate
    • say again (something said or written by someone else)

      "he repeated the words after me"

    • say or do the same thing again

      "she was fretful and kept repeating herself"

    • used for emphasis

      "force was not—repeat, not—to be used"

  2. do (something) again or more than once

    "earlier experiments were repeated on a larger scale"

    do again redo replicate duplicate perform again
    • broadcast (a television or radio programme) again

      "the thirteen episodes from the first two series were constantly repeated"

    • undertake (a course or period of instruction) again

      "Mark had to repeat first and second grades"

    • occur again in the same way or form

      "I don't intend to let history repeat itself"

    • illegally vote more than once in an election
    • attain an achievement again, especially by winning a championship for the second consecutive time

      "the first team in nineteen years to repeat as NBA champions"

    • (of a watch or clock) strike (the last hour or quarter) over again when required

      "a watch repeater that repeats hours and quarters"

  3. (of food) be tasted intermittently for some time after being swallowed as a result of belching or indigestion

    "that cucumber repeated on me for hours"

noun
repeat repeats
  1. something that occurs or is done again

    "the final will be a repeat of last year"

    • a repeated broadcast of a television or radio programme

      "she goes home alone to TV dinners and repeats of ‘I Love Lucy’"

    • occurring, done, or used more than once

      "a repeat prescription"

    • a consignment of goods similar to one already received
    • a decorative pattern which is repeated uniformly over a surface

      "rugs with simple repeat patterns"

    • a passage intended to be repeated
    • a mark indicating a passage to be repeated