repeat

¹re·peat

verb \ri-ˈpēt\

Definition of REPEAT

transitive verb

1

a : to say or state again b : to say over from memory : recite c : to say after another

2

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>

3

: 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

Examples of REPEAT

1. Will you repeat the question?
2. He kept repeating the same thing over and over.
3. He often has to ask people to repeat themselves because he's a little deaf.
4. Repeat after me: “I promise to do my best…”.
5. You are simply repeating, in slightly different words, what has been said already.
6. My five-year-old can repeat her favorite stories word for word.

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

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to REPEAT

Synonyms: chime, din, iterate, rehearse, reiterate, come again

Related Words: paraphrase, reword; echo, reecho; mouth, parrot; abstract, encapsulate, epitomize, outline, recap, recapitulate, summarize, sum up

Near Antonyms: read

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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