repeat
3 ENTRIES FOUND:
repeats;
repeated;
repeating
repeats;
repeated;
repeating
Britannica Dictionary definition of REPEAT
1
[+ object]
a
:
to say (something) again
— sometimes used in speech to emphasize a word or phrase
-
Will you repeat the question?
-
He kept repeating the same thing over and over.
-
He often has to ask people to repeat themselves because he's a little deaf.
-
The group's message is one that bears repeating. [=is important enough to state more than once]
-
“There are five—(I) repeat—five ways to do this.”
b
:
to say (something) after someone else has said it
-
Repeat after me: “I promise to do my best…”
-
You are simply repeating, in slightly different words, what has been said already.
2
[+ object]
:
to say (something that you have memorized)
:
recite
-
My five-year-old can repeat her favorite stories word for word.
3
[+ object]
:
to tell (something that you have heard) to someone else
-
Please don't repeat what I've told you (to anyone).
4
a
:
to make, do, or achieve (something) again
[+ object]
-
The doctors had to repeat the operation.
-
We need to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past.
-
I'm not so sure the team can repeat the success they had last season.
-
I had trouble in school when I was young and had to repeat (the) third grade. [=I had to stay in the third grade for another year]
-
She's been absent so much that she is going to have to repeat her sophomore year.
-
They won the championship last year. Will history repeat itself this year? [=will the same thing happen again?; will they win the championship again this year?]
[no object]
(US)
-
They're trying to repeat as champions this year. [=to win the championship again after winning it last year]
b
[+ object]
:
to present (something) again
-
The workshop will be repeated in the fall.
-
The radio station broadcasts the show live on Saturday mornings, and then repeats it on Wednesday nights.
5
[no object]
:
to begin again
-
The cycle repeats every 24 hours.
-
The pattern on the wallpaper repeats every foot or so.
repeat yourself
:
to say again what you have already said
-
I've already told you what to do, and I'm not going to repeat myself.
plural
repeats
plural
repeats
Britannica Dictionary definition of REPEAT
[count]
1
a
:
an occurrence in which something happens or is done again
— usually + of
-
We're hoping to avoid a repeat of last year's budget problems.
b
:
something that happens or is done again
— usually used before another noun
-
a repeat win
-
The company gets a lot of repeat business. [=business from customers who have bought something from the company before]
c
:
someone who does something again
— usually used before another noun
-
Most of the customers are repeats.
-
repeat customers
-
There are tougher penalties for repeat offenders. [=people who have committed a crime more than once]
2
:
a radio or television show that is broadcast again
-
No, I don't want to watch that. It's a repeat.
3
music
:
a section of music that is repeated
also
:
the symbol in written music that shows that a section should be repeated
