v.
- say again.
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(repeat oneself)
say or do the same thing again.
- do again or more than once.
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(
repeat itself)
occur again in the same way:
history has repeated itself.
- chiefly Brit. (of food) be tasted after being swallowed, as a result of indigestion.
n.
- an instance of repeating or being repeated.
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[
as modifier]
occurring, done, or used more than once:
a repeat prescription.
- a repeated broadcast of a television or radio programme.
- a consignment of goods similar to one already received.
- a decorative pattern which is repeated uniformly over a surface.
- Music a passage intended to be repeated.
▸a mark indicating this.
Derivative
- repeatability n.
- repeatable adj.
- repeated adj.
- repeatedly adv.
- repeater n.
- repeating adj.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. repeter, from L. repetere, from re- ‘back’ + petere ‘seek’.