repeat
repeat Lexical Profile
repeat Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To say or state again something that one or someone else has already said.
"Could you please repeat the question for the audience in the back?"
To do, perform, or undergo an action or process again, either once or multiple times.
"The researchers had to repeat the experiment three times to verify the results."
To occur or happen again in the same way.
"Historians often debate whether history truly tends to repeat itself."
• noun
An action, event, or performance that occurs or is done again.
"Everyone is hoping to avoid a repeat of last year's scheduling delays."
A television or radio program that has been broadcast before.
"Since the network only aired a repeat tonight, we decided to read instead."
A musical passage intended to be played or sung again, or the notation mark indicating this.
"The conductor instructed the orchestra to observe the repeat in the first movement."
• adjective
Occurring, done, or experienced again in the same way; habitual or recurring.
"The store offers a special discount to encourage repeat customers."
• Rhymes for repeat
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in Middle English from Old French repeter, from Latin repetere ('to attack again, seek again, repeat'), formed from re- ('again') and petere ('to go toward, seek, demand').