repeat
IPA: rɪpˈit
noun
- An iteration; a repetition.
- A television program shown after its initial presentation; a rerun.
- (medicine, pharmacy) A refill of a prescription.
- (genetics, biochemistry) A pattern of nucleic acids that occur in multiple copies throughout a genome (or of amino acids in a protein).
- (music) A mark in music notation directing a part to be repeated.
verb
- (transitive) To do or say again (and again).
- (transitive, medicine, pharmacy) To refill (a prescription).
- (intransitive) To happen again; recur.
- (transitive) To echo the words of (a person).
- (intransitive) To strike the hours, as a watch does.
- (obsolete) To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.
- (law, Scotland) To repay or refund (an excess received).
- (procedure word, military) To call in a previous artillery fire mission with the same ammunition and method either on the coordinates or adjusted either because destruction of the target was insufficient or missed.
- To commit fraud in an election by voting more than once for the same candidate.
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Examples of "repeat" in Sentences
- The team repeated the feat.
- Belay the repeat of the post.
- The luncheon was repeated in 1945.
- The teacher repeated the question.
- In the crest, the symbol is repeated.
- It's tiresome to repeat the arguments.
- The process is repeated in the morning.
- The treatment is repeated in the prognosis.
- These furry monsters repeat what you say, laugh, snore and scream.
- The assistant will repeat what the caller with the speech disability is saying.
- Courtney is what we call a repeat offender, as she was Bridget's guest last Valentine's Day as well.
- Note: Resting for the title repeat run is Bradshaw Christian, which leads the state in rushing with nearly 5,000 yards.
- All day long they're told how great they are by the fans and the media alike, they're treated like conquering heroes, and they hear the word repeat'' uttered at least 30 times a day in various contexts.
- A title repeat seems out of the question now, so all of their proverbial eggs are in the Copa Libertadores basket and the pressure seems to mount on all ends for Ischia, even in areas where he least expected them.
- What First Lady do you know who makes what I call "repeat performances" in that she'd have the courage to wear a dress that she's been previously photographed in, for what could have been a controversial occasion?
- {; BRACKET fileappend, Text sent - % text% ` nText sent - % repeat% times ` nDelay after sending text - % rest% second (s) ` nLast repeat of message sent at % timestamp% ` nstop - % true% ` n ` n, automatedtext. txt
- Not only for the "pause pronunciation" — child-issued breaks in which I must stop reading in order to repeat a French word that I have tripped up on — but also for the words that I still do not know: both French ... and in English.
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