About The Word Repeat
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Repeat
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What's The Definition Of Repeat?
[n] an event that repeats; "the events today were a repeat of yesterday's"
[v] happen or occur again; "This is a recurring story" [v] to say again or imitate; "followers echoing the cries of their leaders." [v] to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request" [v] repeat an earlier theme of a musical composition [v] make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick" [v] do over; "They would like to take it over again" Synonyms | Synonyms for Repeat: double | duplicate | echo | ingeminate | iterate | recapitulate | recur | reduplicate | reiterate | repetition | replicate | reprise | reprize | restate | retell | take over Related Terms | Find terms related to Repeat: See Also | act | cite | come about | copy | cuckoo | cycle | cycle | ditto | ditto | dwell | emit | geminate | go on | hap | happen | harp | interpret | let loose | let out | move | occur | paraphrase | parrot | pass | pass off | periodic event | perseverate | play | quote | recite | recurrence | recurrent event | reecho | regurgitate | rematch | render | rephrase | replay | reproduce | reproduce | resume | return | reword | sequence | spiel | sum up | summarise | summarize | take place | tell | translate | utter Repeat In Webster's Dictionary \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}.
\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. |
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