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re⋅peat

  [ri-peet]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to say or utter again (something already said): to repeat a word for emphasis.
2. to say or utter in reproducing the words, inflections, etc., of another: to repeat a sentence after the teacher.
3. to reproduce (utterances, sounds, etc.) in the manner of an echo, a phonograph, or the like.
4. to tell (something heard) to another or others.
5. to do, make, or perform again: to repeat an action.
6. to go through or undergo again: to repeat an experience.
–verb (used without object)
7. to do or say something again.
8. to cause a slight regurgitation: The onions I ate are repeating on me.
9. to vote illegally by casting more than one vote in the same election.
–noun
10. the act of repeating.
11. something repeated; repetition.
12. a duplicate or reproduction of something.
13. a decorative pattern repeated, usually by printing, on a textile or the like.
14. Music.
a. a passage to be repeated.
b. a sign, as a vertical arrangement of dots, calling for the repetition of a passage.
15. a radio or television program that has been broadcast at least once before.
Origin:
1325–75; ME repeten (v.) < MF repeter < L repetere to attack again, demand return of, equiv. to re- re- + petere to reach towards, seek (cf. perpetual, petulant )

Related forms:
re⋅peat⋅a⋅ble, adjective
re⋅peat⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun

Synonyms:
1. iterate, recite, rehearse. 1, 5. Repeat, recapitulate, reiterate refer to saying a thing more than once. To repeat is to do or say something over again: to repeat a question, an order. To recapitulate is to restate in brief form, to summarize, often by repeating the principal points in a discourse: to recapitulate an argument. To reiterate is to do or say something over and over again, to repeat insistently: to reiterate a refusal, a demand. 3. echo, reecho.
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re·peat   (rĭ-pēt' rē'pēt')   
v.   re·peat·ed, re·peat·ing, re·peats

v.   tr.
  1. To say again: repeat a question.
  2. To utter in duplication of another's utterance.
  3. To recite from memory.
  4. To tell to another.
  5. To do, experience, or produce again: repeat past successes.
  6. To express (oneself) in the same way or words: repeats himself constantly.
v.   intr.
  1. To do or say something again.
  2. To commit the fraudulent offense of voting more than once in a single election.
n.  
  1. An act of repeating.
  2. Something repeated, as an interval in athletic training.
  3. A broadcast of a television or radio program that has been previously broadcast; a rerun.
  4. Music
    1. A passage or section that is repeated.
    2. A sign usually consisting of two vertical dots, indicating a passage to be repeated.
adj.  Of, relating to, or being something that repeats or is repeated: a repeat offender; a repeat performance of the play.

[Middle English repeten, from Old French repeter, from Latin repetere, to seek again : re-, re- + petere, to seek; see pet- in Indo-European roots.]
re·peat'a·bil'i·ty n., re·peat'a·ble adj.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to state again: repeated the warning; iterate a demand; reiterated the question; restated the obvious.
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Repeat

Re*peat"\ (-p?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repeated; p. pr. & vb. n. Repeating.] [F. r['e]p['e]ter, L. repetere; pref. re- re- + petere to fall upon, attack. See Petition.]

1. 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. "I will repeat our former communication." --Robynson (More's Utopia).

Not well conceived of God; who, though his power Creation could repeat, yet would be loth Us to abolish. --Milton.

2. To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again. [Obs.] --Waller.

3. (Scots Law) To repay or refund (an excess received).

To repeat one's self, to do or say what one has already done or said.

To repeat signals, to make the same signals again; specifically, to communicate, by repeating them, the signals shown at headquarters.

Syn: To reiterate; iterate; renew; recite; relate; rehearse; recapitulate. See Reiterate.

Repeat

Re*peat"\ (r?-p?t"), n. 1. The act of repeating; repetition.

2. 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.).

3. (Mus.) A mark, or series of dots, placed before and after, or often only at the end of, a passage to be repeated in performance.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : repeat
Spanish: repetir,
German: wiederholen,
Japanese: くり返す
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repeat 
c.1375, from O.Fr. repeter "say or do again, get back, demand the return of" (13c.), from L. repetere "do or say again, attack again," from re- "again" + petere "go toward, seek, demand, attack" (see petition). Specific meaning "to take a course of education over again" is recorded from 1945, Amer.Eng. The noun is first recorded 1556.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: re·peat
Pronunciation: ri-'pEt, 'rE-"
Function: noun
: genetic duplication in which the duplicated parts are adjacent to each other alongthe chromosome
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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repeat
repeat loop

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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