Refine this word faster
Repeat
//ɹɪˈpiːt// noun, verb
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An iteration; a repetition.
"We gave up after the third repeat because it got boring."
- 2 an event that repeats wordnet
- 3 A television program shown after its initial presentation; a rerun.
- 4 A refill of a prescription.
- 5 A pattern of nucleic acids that occur in multiple copies throughout a genome (or of amino acids in a protein).
Show 1 more definition
- 6 A mark in music notation directing a part to be repeated.
Verb
- 1 To do or say again (and again). transitive
"The scientists repeated the experiment in order to confirm the result."
- 2 happen or occur again wordnet
- 3 To refill (a prescription). transitive
- 4 to say again or imitate wordnet
- 5 To happen again; recur. intransitive
"A day like that has not yet repeated itself."
Show 10 more definitions
- 6 to say, state, or perform again wordnet
- 7 To echo the words of (a person). transitive
"Their rationale with repeating me was that the prior program had not been of sufficient quality to teach me the error of my ways."
- 8 repeat an earlier theme of a composition wordnet
- 9 To strike the hours, as a watch does. intransitive
- 10 make or do or perform again wordnet
- 11 To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again. obsolete
"He[…] repeats the danger of the burning town."
- 12 do over wordnet
- 13 To repay or refund (an excess received). Scotland
- 14 To call in a previous artillery fire mission with the same ammunition and method either on the coordinates or adjusted either because destruction of the target was insufficient or missed.
"Add 100, left 50. Repeat, over."
- 15 To commit fraud in an election by voting more than once for the same candidate.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English repeten, from Old French repeter, from Latin repetō, repetere, from the prefix re- (“again”) + peto (“attack, beseech”).
Etymology 2
From Middle English repeten, from Old French repeter, from Latin repetō, repetere, from the prefix re- (“again”) + peto (“attack, beseech”).
See also for "repeat"
Next best steps
Mini challenge
Unscramble this word: repeat