What (who) is Repeat - definition
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Repeating; Repeat (disambiguation); Repeat pattern
repeat
¦ verb
1. say again.
(repeat oneself) say or do the same thing again.
2. do again or more than once.
(repeat itself) occur again in the same way: history has repeated itself.
3. chiefly Brit. (of food) be tasted after being swallowed, as a result of indigestion.
¦ noun
1. an instance of repeating or being repeated.
[as modifier] occurring, done, or used more than once: a repeat prescription.
2. a repeated broadcast of a television or radio programme.
3. a consignment of goods similar to one already received.
4. a decorative pattern which is repeated uniformly over a surface.
5. Music a passage intended to be repeated.
a mark indicating this.
Derivatives
repeatability noun
repeatable adjective
repeated adjective
repeatedly adverb
repeater noun
repeating adjective
Origin
ME: from OFr. repeter, from L. repetere, from re- 'back' + petere 'seek'.
repeat
(repeats, repeating, repeated)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you repeat something, you say or write it again. You can say I repeat to show that you feel strongly about what you are repeating.
He repeated that he had been mis-quoted...
The Libyan leader Colonel Gadaffi repeated his call for the release of hostages...
'You fool,' she kept repeating.
VERB: V that, V n, V with quote
2.
If you repeat something that someone else has said or written, you say or write the same thing, or tell it to another person.
She had an irritating habit of repeating everything I said to her...
I trust you not to repeat that to anyone else...
Now, brother, repeat after me, 'All praise to Allah, Lord of All the Worlds'.
VERB: V n, V n to n, V after n with quote
3.
If you repeat yourself, you say something which you have said before, usually by mistake.
Then he started rambling and repeating himself.
VERB: V pron-refl
4.
If you repeat an action, you do it again.
The next day I repeated the procedure...
Hold this position for 30 seconds, release and repeat on the other side.
VERB: V n, V
5.
If an event or series of events repeats itself, it happens again.
The UN will have to work hard to stop history repeating itself...
VERB: V pron-refl
6.
If there is a repeat of an event, usually an undesirable event, it happens again.
There were fears that there might be a repeat of last year's campaign of strikes.
= repetition
N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N of n
7.
If a company gets repeat business or repeat customers, people who have bought their goods or services before buy them again. (BUSINESS)
Nearly 60% of our bookings come from repeat business and personal recommendation.
ADJ: ADJ n
8.
A repeat is a television or radio programme that has been broadcast before. (BRIT; in AM, use re-run
)
)
There's nothing except sport and repeats on TV.
N-COUNT
9.
If there is a repeat performance of something, usually something undesirable, it happens again.
This year can only see a repeat performance of the decline.
= repeat
PHRASE
repeat
v.
1) (B) she repeated her story to us
2) (D; intr.) ('to cause an unpleasant aftertaste') to repeat on (this type of food repeats on me)
3) (L; to) he repeated (to me) that he would buy some stamps
4) (misc.) repeat after me
Wikipedia
Repeat
Repeat may refer to:
- Rerun, a rebroadcast of an episode of a radio or television program
- Repeated sequence (DNA), a pattern of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) that occurs in multiple copies throughout the genome
- CRISPR
- The smallest rectangle that can be tiled to form the whole pattern of a wallpaper
Pronunciation examples for Repeat
1. You press repeat, repeat, repeat.
The First Women-Powered Trek to the South Pole _ Sunniva Sorby _ Talks at Google
2. with repeat, with repeat.
French Cooking Google Lunchtime _ Jacques Pépin _ Talks at Google
3. To repeat and repeat and repeat and repeat,
Sex, Drums, Rock 'n' Roll _ Kenny Aronoff _ Talks at Google
4. repeat.
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5. Repeat.
A Musician with a Message _ SaulPaul _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of Repeat
1. "Since then he had never, repeat never, repeat never come to Pakistan," Musharraf said.
2. While history may be condemned to repeat itself, historians are condemned to repeat themselves.
3. To repeat it would be to repeat the possibility of the terrible thing.
4. MCCORMACK: I‘m sorry. You‘re going to have to repeat the question. Can you repeat your question?
5. MCCORMACK:В Im sorry.В Youre going to have to repeat the question.В Can you repeat your question?