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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.
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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Un repeatable
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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.
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 (cf. 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 (cf. 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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repeat (rɪˈpiːt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | ( |
| 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 |
| —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 |
| [C14: from Old French repeter, from Latin repetere to seek again, from | |
| usage Since again is part of the meaning of repeat, one should not say something is repeated again | |
| repeata'bility | |
| —n | |
| re'peatable | |
| —adj | |
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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"
is recorded from 1945, Amer.Eng. The noun is first recorded 1556.
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