repeat
- 1) verb, to say or write (something) again, either once or several times; restate or reiterate
- 2) verb, to do or experience (something) again once or several times
- 3) verb, to occur more than once
- 4) verb, to reproduce (the words, sounds, etc) uttered by someone else; echo
- 5) verb, to utter (a poem, speech, etc) from memory; recite
- 6) verb, a) (of food) to be tasted again after ingestion as the result of belching or slight regurgitation b) to belch
- 7) verb, to tell to another person (the words, esp secrets, imparted to one by someone else)
- 8) verb, (of a clock) to strike the hour or quarter-hour just past, when a spring is pressed
- 9) verb, to vote (illegally) more than once in a single election
- 10) verb, repeat oneself to say or do the same thing more than once, esp so as to be tedious
- 11) noun, a) the act or an instance of repeating b) (as modifier)
- 12) noun, a word, action, etc, that is repeated
- 13) noun, an order made out for goods, provisions, etc, that duplicates a previous order
- 14) noun, a duplicate copy of something; reproduction
- 15) noun, radio television a further broadcast of a programme, film, etc, which has been broadcast before
- 16) noun, music a passage that is an exact restatement of the passage preceding it
Etymology
C14: from Old French repeter, from Latin repetere to seek again, from re- + petere to seek
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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repetition, echo, duplicate, reiterate, recapitulation, rerun, replay, reproduction, reiterate, recapitulate, iterate, relate, quote, renew, echo, replay, reproduce, rehearse, recite, duplicate, redo, rerun