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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.
EXPANDto do, make, or perform again: to repeat an action.
6.
COLLAPSEto 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.
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Repeats
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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.
EXPANDMusic.
a.
a passage to be repeated.
b.
a sign, as a vertical arrangement of dots, calling for the repetition of a passage.
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COLLAPSEa radio or television program that has been broadcast at least once before.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English repeten (v.) < Middle French repeter < Latin repetere to attack again, demand return of, equivalent to re- re- + petere to reach towards, seek (compare perpetual, petulant)
1325–75; Middle English repeten (v.) < Middle French repeter < Latin repetere to attack again, demand return of, equivalent to re- re- + petere to reach towards, seek (compare perpetual, petulant)
Related forms
re·peat·a·ble, adjective
re·peat·a·bil·i·ty, noun
non·re·peat, noun
self-re·peat·ing, adjective
un·re·peat·a·ble, adjective
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.
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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Word Origin & History
repeat
late 14c., 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"
EXPANDis recorded from 1945, Amer.Eng. The noun is first recorded 1556.
COLLAPSE
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