| repeat (rɪˈpiːt) |
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| —vb |
| 1. | (when tr, may take a clause as object) to say or write (something) again, either once or several times; restate or reiterate |
| 2. | to do or experience (something) again once or several times |
| 3. | (intr) to occur more than once: the last figure repeats |
| 4. | (tr; may take a clause as object) to reproduce (the words, sounds, etc) uttered by someone else; echo |
| 5. | (tr) to utter (a poem, speech, etc) from memory; recite |
| 6. | (intr) |
| | a. (of food) to be tasted again after ingestion as the result of belching or slight regurgitation |
| | b. to belch |
| 7. | (tr; may take a clause as object) to tell to another person (the words, esp secrets, imparted to one by someone else) |
| 8. | (intr) (of a clock) to strike the hour or quarter-hour just past, when a spring is pressed |
| 9. | (US) (intr) to vote (illegally) more than once in a single election |
| 10. | repeat oneself to say or do the same thing more than once, esp so as to be tedious |
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| —n |
| 11. | a. the act or an instance of repeating |
| | b. (as modifier): a repeat performance |
| 12. | a word, action, etc, that is repeated |
| 13. | an order made out for goods, provisions, etc, that duplicates a previous order |
| 14. | a duplicate copy of something; reproduction |
| 15. | radio, television a further broadcast of a programme, film, etc, which has been broadcast before |
| 16. | music a passage that is an exact restatement of the passage preceding it |
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| [C14: from Old French repeter, from Latin repetere to seek again, from re- + petere to seek] |
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| usage Since again is part of the meaning of repeat, one should not say something is repeated again |
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| repeata'bility |
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| —n |
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| re'peatable |
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| —adj |