repeat
Other forms: repeated; repeating; repeats
You can use the word repeat for things that happen again. You can use the word repeat for things that happen again. When you repeat, you do or say the same thing more than once.
Sometimes you need to repeat what you said because someone didn’t hear it or understand it the first time, and other times you might repeat a statement for emphasis — you say it twice to really get your point across; in some cases you'll get "I heard you the first time" in return. Doing something over is another way to repeat, as when you repeat a test or draw a smiley face all over your notebooks in a repeat pattern.
Definitions of repeat
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say, state, or perform again
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synonyms:
ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, restate, retell
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perseverate
psychology: repeat a response after the cessation of the original stimulus
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ditto
repeat an action or statement
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dwell, harp
come back to
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interpret, render, translate
restate (words) from one language into another language
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paraphrase, rephrase, reword
express the same message in different words
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resume, sum up, summarise, summarize
give a summary (of)
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cite, quote
repeat a passage from
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retranslate
translate again
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mistranslate
translate incorrectly
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gloss
provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase
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Latinise, Latinize
translate into Latin
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translate
express, as in simple and less technical language
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abstract
give an abstract (of)
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precis
make a summary (of)
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docket
make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list
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recap, recapitulate
summarize briefly
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misquote
quote incorrectly
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type of:
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tell
let something be known
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say again or imitate
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synonyms:
echo
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recite
repeat aloud from memory
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cuckoo
repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call
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reecho
repeat back like an echo
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parrot
repeat mindlessly
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regurgitate, reproduce
repeat after memorization
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spell, spell out
orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of
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say
recite or repeat a fixed text
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rattle down, rattle off, reel off, roll off, spiel off
recite volubly or extravagantly
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count
name or recite the numbers in ascending order
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make or do or perform again
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synonyms:
double, duplicate, reduplicate, replicate
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types:
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copy, replicate
reproduce or make an exact copy of
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recapitulate
repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life
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geminate, reduplicate
form by reduplication
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type of:
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reproduce
make a copy or equivalent of
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copy, replicate
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repeat an earlier theme of a composition
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synonyms:
recapitulate, reprise, reprize
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do over
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happen or occur again
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an event that repeats“the events today were a repeat of yesterday's”
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synonyms:
repetition
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sequence
several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys
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cycle
a periodically repeated sequence of events
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rematch, replay
something (especially a game) that is played again
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recurrence, return
the event of happening again (especially at regular intervals)
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merry-go-round
a never-ending cycle of activities and events (especially when they seem to have little purpose)
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samsara
(Hinduism and Buddhism) the endless cycle of birth and suffering and death and rebirth
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atavism, reversion, throwback
a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
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flashback
an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier)
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type of:
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periodic event, recurrent event
an event that recurs at intervals
Pronunciation
US
/rəˈpit/
UK
/rəˈpit/
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