Verb
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.
Repeat after me: “I promise to do my best…”.
You are simply repeating, in slightly different words, what has been said already.
My five-year-old can repeat her favorite stories word for word.
Noun
Most of the customers are repeats.
No, I don’t want to watch that. It’s a repeat.
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Recent Examples on the Web
Officials have repeated anti-U.S. conspiracy theories that the virus was created by Washington and smuggled into China.
—CBS News, 8 Apr. 2023
Officials have repeated anti-U.S. conspiracy theories that the virus was created by Washington and smuggled into China.
—Joe Mcdonald, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023
Unfortunately, plenty of myths and misconceptions about this staple are often repeated as conventional wisdom.
—Becky Krystal, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Apr. 2023
Officials have repeated anti-U.S. conspiracy theories that the virus was created by Washington and smuggled into China.
—Joe Mcdonald, ajc, 8 Apr. 2023
Baltimore closer Félix Bautista repeated the feat in the ninth as the Orioles held on to beat the American League East favorite, 7-6, in their first game in Baltimore this season.
—Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2023
Unfortunately, plenty of myths and misconceptions about this staple are often repeated as conventional wisdom.
—Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2023
On the weekend of Oct. 16, 2021, Crow’s jet repeated the pattern.
—Propublica, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2023
On the weekend of Oct. 16, 2021, Crow’s jet repeated the pattern.
—Joshua Kaplan, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2023
However, China didn’t indicate whether that would include a repeat of previous exercises of missiles fired into the sea, which disrupted shipping and airline flights.
—Sarah Elbeshbishi, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2023
Chinese officials gave no indication whether the drills underway now might include a repeat of previous exercises with missiles fired into the sea, which disrupted shipping and airline flights.
—Lisa Mascaro, ajc, 8 Apr. 2023
Just don’t hold your breath for a repeat of the big growth in 2022.
—Hannah Miao, WSJ, 4 Apr. 2023
Tennessee officials warned that a repeat of similar weather conditions is expected Tuesday.
—Adrian Sainz And Andrew Demillo, oregonlive, 2 Apr. 2023
General manager Erik Brinkmann expects a repeat this Saturday at the Mizner Park bar, longtime home to radio shows for FAU football and basketball coaches, including Dusty May’s program.
—Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2023
The weakening of the Dodd-Frank law, which had been aimed at preventing a repeat of the financial crisis of 2008, had something to do with the current troubles, too.
—Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2023
Determined to avoid a repeat of this debacle, the government tightened banking regulations with the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933.
—Rodney Ramcharan, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2023
Dodd-Frank was written to avert a repeat of the 2008 banking crisis that almost wrecked the U.S. economy.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English repeten, from Old French repeter, from Latin repetō, repetere, from the prefix re- (“again”) + peto (“attack, beseech”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (verb) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈpiːt/
- (noun) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈpiːt/, /ˈɹiːpiːt/
- Rhymes: -iːt
Verb[edit]
repeat (third-person singular simple present repeats, present participle repeating, simple past and past participle repeated)
- (transitive) To do or say again (and again).
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The scientists repeated the experiment in order to confirm the result.
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1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
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When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper.
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1942, Franklin Roosevelt, Roosevelt Answers Critics — 1942 (1942)[1], British Pathé, 1:12 from the start:
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From Berlin and Tokyo and Rome, we have been described as a nation of weaklings- playboys- who would hire British soldiers or Russian soldiers or Chinese soldiers to do our fighting for us. Let them repeat that now. Let them tell that to General McArthur and his men. Let them tell that to the sailors who today are hitting hard in the far waters of the Pacific. Let them tell that to the boys in the Flying Fortresses. Let them tell that to the Marines.
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- (transitive, medicine, pharmacy) To refill (a prescription).
- (intransitive) To happen again; recur.
- (transitive) To echo the words of (a person).
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2008, Jensen, Ken; Del Boccio, Ronda, It Takes Guts to Be Me: How an Ex-marine Beat Bipolar Disorder:
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Their rationale with repeating me was that the prior program had not been of sufficient quality to teach me the error of my ways.
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- (intransitive) To strike the hours, as a watch does.
- (obsolete) To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.
- a. 1687, Edmund Waller, The Battel of the Summer Islands
- He […] repeats the danger of the burning town.
- a. 1687, Edmund Waller, The Battel of the Summer Islands
- (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.
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Add 100, left 50. Repeat, over.
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Use «say again» instead of repeat on the radio. Repeat will bring in artillery fire.
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- To commit fraud in an election by voting more than once for the same candidate.
Synonyms[edit]
- (to do or say again): redo, reiterate, reprise, rework see also Thesaurus:reiterate
- (to happen again): reoccur; see also Thesaurus:repeat
[edit]
- repeatedly
- repeat on
- repeat oneself
- repetition
- repetitive
Translations[edit]
do or say again
- Afrikaans: herhaal
- Arabic: كَرَّرَ (ar) (karrara), أَعَادَ (ar) (ʔaʕāda)
- Egyptian Arabic: كرر (karrar)
- Hijazi Arabic: كَرَّر (karrar), عاد (ʿād)
- Armenian: կրկնել (hy) (krknel)
- Assamese: আওৰা (aüra), দোহাৰ (dühar)
- Asturian: repetir
- Azerbaijani: təkrarlamaq
- Bashkir: ҡабатлау (qabatlaw)
- Belarusian: паўтара́ць impf (paŭtarácʹ), паўтары́ць pf (paŭtarýcʹ)
- Bulgarian: повта́рям (bg) impf (povtárjam)
- Burmese: ထပ် (my) (htap)
- Catalan: repetir (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 重複/重复 (zh) (chóngfù)
- Min Dong: 重複/重复 (tyung houk)
- Czech: opakovat (cs) impf, zopakovat (cs) pf
- Danish: gentage (da)
- Dutch: herhalen (nl), wederhalen, herdoen (nl), herzeggen (nl)
- Egyptian: (wḥm)
- Esperanto: rediri, ripeti
- Estonian: kordama
- Finnish: toistaa (fi)
- French: répéter (fr)
- Galician: repetir (gl)
- Georgian: გამეორება (gameoreba)
- German: wiederholen (de)
- Greek: επαναλαμβάνω (el) (epanalamváno)
- Hebrew: חזר (he) (khazár), שנה (he) (shaná)
- Higaonon: liko
- Hindi: दोहराना (hi) (dohrānā), फिर से कहना (phir se kahnā)
- Hungarian: megismétel (hu)
- Icelandic: endurtaka (is)
- Ido: ridicar (io), repetar (io)
- Indonesian: mengulang (id)
- Interlingua: repeter
- Italian: ripetere (it)
- Japanese: 繰り返す (ja) (くりかえす, kurikaesu), リピートする (ripīto suru)
- Kazakh: қайталау (qaitalau)
- Khmer: …ម្ដងទៀត (…mdɑɑng tiət) (preceded by a verb)
- Korean: 되풀이하다 (ko) (doepurihada), 반복하다 (ko) (banbokhada), 따라하다 (ttarahada)
- Lao: ຊ້ຳ (sam)
- Latin: repetō, iterō, instaurō
- Latvian: atkārtot (lv)
- Lithuanian: pakartoti
- Malay: ulang (ms)
- Maori: takarure (of something said), tōai
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Norman: èrpéter (Jersey), répetar (Guernsey)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: gjenta (no), gjenfortelle
- Occitan: repetir (oc)
- Old English: æftercweþan, edlæcan, eftgian
- Old Javanese: wali
- Persian: تکرار کردن (fa) (tekrâr kardan)
- Polish: powtarzać (pl) impf, powtórzyć (pl) pf, ponowić (pl) pf (action)
- Portuguese: repetir (pt)
- Russian: повторя́ть (ru) impf (povtorjátʹ), повтори́ть (ru) pf (povtorítʹ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: поно̀вити pf
- Roman: ponòviti (sh) pf
- Slovak: opakovať impf
- Slovene: ponoviti pf
- Spanish: repetir (es)
- Swedish: repetera (sv), upprepa (sv)
- Thai: ทำซ้ำ (tam sám)
- Turkish: tekrarlamak (tr), yinelemek (tr), tekrar etmek (tr)
- Ukrainian: повто́рювати impf (povtórjuvaty), повтори́ти pf (povtorýty)
- Urdu: دوہرانا (dohrānā)
- Vietnamese: lặp (vi), lặp lại (vi)
- Walloon: ridire (wa), repeter (wa), rifé (wa)
- Welsh: ailadrodd (cy)
Noun[edit]
repeat (plural repeats)
- An iteration; a repetition.
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We gave up after the third repeat because it got boring.
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- 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.
Synonyms[edit]
- (iteration; repetition): reiteration, reoccurrence; see also Thesaurus:reoccurrence
Derived terms[edit]
- decarepeat
- homorepeat
Translations[edit]
music mark directing a section be repeated
See also[edit]
- redundant
Anagrams[edit]
- Partee, Perate, retape
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verb (used with object)
to say or utter again (something already said): to repeat a word for emphasis.
to say or utter in reproducing the words, inflections, etc., of another: to repeat a sentence after the teacher.
to reproduce (utterances, sounds, etc.) in the manner of an echo, a phonograph, or the like.
to tell (something heard) to another or others.
to do, make, or perform again: to repeat an action.
to go through or undergo again: to repeat an experience.
verb (used without object)
to do or say something again.
to cause a slight regurgitation: The onions I ate are repeating on me.
to vote illegally by casting more than one vote in the same election.
noun
the act of repeating.
something repeated; repetition.
a duplicate or reproduction of something.
a decorative pattern repeated, usually by printing, on a textile or the like.
Music.
- a passage to be repeated.
- a sign, as a vertical arrangement of dots, calling for the repetition of a passage.
a radio or television program that has been broadcast at least once before.
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Origin of repeat
First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English repeten (verb), from Middle French repeter, from Latin repetere “to attack again, demand return of,” equivalent to re-re- + petere “to reach towards, seek” (cf. perpetual, petulant)
synonym study for repeat
1, 5. Repeat, recapitulate, reiterate refer to saying a thing more than once. To repeat is to do or say something over again: to repeat a question, an order. To recapitulate is to restate in brief form, to summarize, often by repeating the principal points in a discourse: to recapitulate an argument. To reiterate is to do or say something over and over again, to repeat insistently: to reiterate a refusal, a demand.
OTHER WORDS FROM repeat
re·peat·a·ble, adjectivere·peat·a·bil·i·ty, nounnon·re·peat, nounself-re·peat·ing, adjective
un·re·peat·a·ble, adjective
Words nearby repeat
repast, repatriate, repatriation, repay, repeal, repeat, repeated, repeatedly, repeater, repeating decimal, repeating firearm
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Words related to repeat
repetition, replay, rerun, echo, recite, rehash, reiterate, renew, restate, recapitulation, reiteration, reproduction, chime, din, ditto, imitate, ingeminate, iterate, quote, reappear
How to use repeat in a sentence
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While not every Super Bowl bettor will turn into a habitual gambler, Yahoo execs are confident that its ecosystem can turn many of the first-timer bettors it attracts into repeat customers.
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This is a straightforward repeat of the tactic Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell used against former president Barack Obama.
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This allows the publisher to remarket to readers for repeat purchases and offer branded merchandise to build the commerce brand even further.
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Government officials are sealing off streets and some large public areas in the hopes of preventing a repeat of last week’s chaos.
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This repeat revenue is also high margin with less than 20% cost of revenue and is expected to grow more than 30% per year on our platform.
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This time it would be the biggest mistake for the Western press to repeat that—absolutely the biggest mistake.
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The battle between conservation groups and FWS over the fate of the Yellowstone grizzly is about to repeat.
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A Manhattan window washer somehow survived a 47-story fall back in 2007, but such a miracle was not likely to repeat itself.
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Too Many Cooks also rewards repeat viewings and frame-by-frame scrutiny.
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As he did when he was a boy, he would repeat the lessons of the founding fathers and God the Father until he knew them.
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After you have repeated the Correlation, then repeat the two extremes, thus—“Anchor” … “Bolster.”
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It seems necessary to repeat this line in order to start the series of rimes.
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To be able to repeat great po-ems at will, is to have a treasure you can allus carry with you while your voice lasts.
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Smitten in conscience, that landlord hurried out after the missionary and actually begged of him to repeat his visit.
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A pedantic fellow called for a bottle of hock at a tavern, which the waiter, not hearing distinctly, asked him to repeat.
British Dictionary definitions for repeat
verb
(when tr, may take a clause as object) to say or write (something) again, either once or several times; restate or reiterate
to do or experience (something) again once or several times
(intr) to occur more than oncethe last figure repeats
(tr; may take a clause as object) to reproduce (the words, sounds, etc) uttered by someone else; echo
(tr) to utter (a poem, speech, etc) from memory; recite
(intr)
- (of food) to be tasted again after ingestion as the result of belching or slight regurgitation
- to belch
(tr; may take a clause as object) to tell to another person (the words, esp secrets, imparted to one by someone else)
(intr) (of a clock) to strike the hour or quarter-hour just past, when a spring is pressed
(intr) US to vote (illegally) more than once in a single election
repeat oneself to say or do the same thing more than once, esp so as to be tedious
noun
- the act or an instance of repeating
- (as modifier)a repeat performance
a word, action, etc, that is repeated
an order made out for goods, provisions, etc, that duplicates a previous order
a duplicate copy of something; reproduction
radio television a further broadcast of a programme, film, etc, which has been broadcast before
music a passage that is an exact restatement of the passage preceding it
Derived forms of repeat
repeatability, nounrepeatable, adjective
Word Origin for repeat
C14: from Old French repeter, from Latin repetere to seek again, from re- + petere to seek
usage for repeat
Since again is part of the meaning of repeat, one should not say something is repeated again
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re·peat
(rĭ-pēt′, rē′pēt′)
v. re·peat·ed, re·peat·ing, re·peats
v.tr.
1. To say again: Could you repeat the question?
2. To utter in duplication of another’s utterance: repeated the customer’s complaint in disbelief.
3. To recite from memory: repeated the poem verbatim.
4. To tell to another: repeated what he had heard that morning.
5. To do, experience, or produce again: repeat past successes; repeat a course; repeat a pattern.
6. To express (oneself) in the same way or words: repeats himself constantly.
v.intr.
1.
a. To say something again.
b. To do or experience something again, especially to win a championship for a second time in a row.
c. To occur or happen again: The melody repeats in the refrain.
2. To commit the fraudulent offense of voting more than once in a single election.
n.
1. An act of repeating.
2. Something repeated, as an interval in athletic training.
3. A broadcast of a television or radio program that has been previously broadcast; a rerun.
4. Music
a. A passage or section that is repeated.
b. A sign usually consisting of two vertical dots, indicating a passage to be repeated.
adj.
Of, relating to, or being something that repeats or is repeated: a repeat offender; a repeat performance of the play.
[Middle English repeten, from Old French repeter, from Latin repetere, to seek again : re-, re- + petere, to seek; see pet- in Indo-European roots.]
re·peat′a·bil′i·ty n.
re·peat′a·ble adj.
Synonyms: repeat, iterate, reiterate, restate
These verbs mean to state again: repeated the warning; iterate a demand; reiterated the question; restated the obvious.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
repeat
(rɪˈpiːt)
vb
1. (when tr, may take a clause as object) to say or write (something) again, either once or several times; restate or reiterate
2. to do or experience (something) again once or several times
3. (intr) to occur more than once: the last figure repeats.
4. (tr; may take a clause as object) to reproduce (the words, sounds, etc) uttered by someone else; echo
5. (tr) to utter (a poem, speech, etc) from memory; recite
6. (Medicine) (intr)
a. (of food) to be tasted again after ingestion as the result of belching or slight regurgitation
b. to belch
7. (tr; may take a clause as object) to tell to another person (the words, esp secrets, imparted to one by someone else)
8. (Horology) (intr) (of a clock) to strike the hour or quarter-hour just past, when a spring is pressed
9. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (intr) US to vote (illegally) more than once in a single election
10. repeat oneself to say or do the same thing more than once, esp so as to be tedious
n
11.
a. the act or an instance of repeating
b. (as modifier): a repeat performance.
12. a word, action, etc, that is repeated
13. (Commerce) an order made out for goods, provisions, etc, that duplicates a previous order
14. a duplicate copy of something; reproduction
15. (Broadcasting) radio television a further broadcast of a programme, film, etc, which has been broadcast before
16. (Music, other) music a passage that is an exact restatement of the passage preceding it
[C14: from Old French repeter, from Latin repetere to seek again, from re- + petere to seek]
reˌpeataˈbility n
reˈpeatable adj
Usage: Since again is part of the meaning of repeat, one should not say something is repeated again
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
re•peat
(rɪˈpit)
v.t.
1. to say or do again.
2. to reproduce the words, inflections, etc., of another: Now repeat it after me.
3. to reproduce (sounds) in the manner of an echo.
4. to tell (something heard) to another.
5. to undergo again.
v.i.
6. to say or do something again.
7. to cause a taste to return after eating, as through belching: Onions always repeat on me.
8. to vote illegally by casting more than one vote in the same election.
n.
9. the act of repeating.
10. something repeated; repetition.
11. a duplication or reproduction.
12.
a. a musical passage to be performed anew.
b. a sign placed in the score before and after such a passage.
13. a radio or television program that has been broadcast at least once before.
[1325–75; Middle English repeten (v.) < Middle French repeter < Latin repetere to return to, repeat =re- re- + petere to reach towards, seek]
re•peat′a•ble, adj.
re•peat′a•bil′i•ty, n.
syn: repeat, recapitulate, reiterate refer to saying or doing a thing more than once. To repeat is to say or do something over again: to repeat an order. To recapitulate is to restate in brief form often by repeating the principal points in a discourse: to recapitulate a news broadcast. To reiterate is to say (or, sometimes, to do) something over and over again, often for emphasis: to reiterate a refusal.
Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
repeat
- recap, recapitulate — Recap is short for recapitulate, literally «repeat the headings.»
- trackway — A path formed by the repeated treading of animals or people.
- frequent — From Latin frequens, «crowded» or «regularly repeated.»
- spam — As in e-mail, it gets its name from the Monty Python sketch in which the word is repeated many times.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
repeat
In artillery and naval gunfire support, an order or request to fire again the same number of rounds with the same method of fire.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
repeat
Past participle: repeated
Gerund: repeating
Imperative |
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repeat |
repeat |
Present |
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I repeat |
you repeat |
he/she/it repeats |
we repeat |
you repeat |
they repeat |
Preterite |
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I repeated |
you repeated |
he/she/it repeated |
we repeated |
you repeated |
they repeated |
Present Continuous |
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I am repeating |
you are repeating |
he/she/it is repeating |
we are repeating |
you are repeating |
they are repeating |
Present Perfect |
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I have repeated |
you have repeated |
he/she/it has repeated |
we have repeated |
you have repeated |
they have repeated |
Past Continuous |
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I was repeating |
you were repeating |
he/she/it was repeating |
we were repeating |
you were repeating |
they were repeating |
Past Perfect |
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I had repeated |
you had repeated |
he/she/it had repeated |
we had repeated |
you had repeated |
they had repeated |
Future |
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I will repeat |
you will repeat |
he/she/it will repeat |
we will repeat |
you will repeat |
they will repeat |
Future Perfect |
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I will have repeated |
you will have repeated |
he/she/it will have repeated |
we will have repeated |
you will have repeated |
they will have repeated |
Future Continuous |
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I will be repeating |
you will be repeating |
he/she/it will be repeating |
we will be repeating |
you will be repeating |
they will be repeating |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been repeating |
you have been repeating |
he/she/it has been repeating |
we have been repeating |
you have been repeating |
they have been repeating |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been repeating |
you will have been repeating |
he/she/it will have been repeating |
we will have been repeating |
you will have been repeating |
they will have been repeating |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been repeating |
you had been repeating |
he/she/it had been repeating |
we had been repeating |
you had been repeating |
they had been repeating |
Conditional |
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I would repeat |
you would repeat |
he/she/it would repeat |
we would repeat |
you would repeat |
they would repeat |
Past Conditional |
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I would have repeated |
you would have repeated |
he/she/it would have repeated |
we would have repeated |
you would have repeated |
they would have repeated |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun | 1. | repeat — an event that repeats; «the events today were a repeat of yesterday’s»
repetition periodic event, recurrent event — an event that recurs at intervals sequence — several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys cycle — a periodically repeated sequence of events; «a cycle of reprisal and retaliation» rematch, replay — something (especially a game) that is played again recurrence, return — happening again (especially at regular intervals); «the return of spring» |
Verb | 1. | repeat — to say, state, or perform again; «She kept reiterating her request»
ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, restate, retell tell — let something be known; «Tell them that you will be late» perseverate — psychology: repeat a response after the cessation of the original stimulus; «The subjects in this study perseverated» ditto — repeat an action or statement; «The next speaker dittoed her argument» harp, dwell — come back to; «Don’t dwell on the past»; «She is always harping on the same old things» translate, interpret, render — restate (words) from one language into another language; «I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S.»; «Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?»; «She rendered the French poem into English»; «He translates for the U.N.» paraphrase, rephrase, reword — express the same message in different words sum up, summarize, summarise, resume — give a summary (of); «he summed up his results»; «I will now summarize» quote, cite — repeat a passage from; «He quoted the Bible to her» |
2. | repeat — make or do or perform again; «He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick»
duplicate, reduplicate, replicate, double replicate, copy — reproduce or make an exact copy of; «replicate the cell»; «copy the genetic information» recapitulate — repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life geminate, reduplicate — form by reduplication; «The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel»; «The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word» reproduce — make a copy or equivalent of; «reproduce the painting» |
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3. | repeat — happen or occur again; «This is a recurring story»
recur hap, happen, occur, come about, take place, go on, pass off, fall out, pass — come to pass; «What is happening?»; «The meeting took place off without an incidence»; «Nothing occurred that seemed important» iterate — run or be performed again; «the function iterates» cycle — recur in repeating sequences |
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4. | repeat — to say again or imitate; «followers echoing the cries of their leaders»
echo recite — repeat aloud from memory; «she recited a poem»; «The pupil recited his lesson for the day» cuckoo — repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call reecho — repeat back like an echo parrot — repeat mindlessly; «The students parroted the teacher’s words» regurgitate, reproduce — repeat after memorization; «For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information» let loose, let out, utter, emit — express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); «She let out a big heavy sigh»; «He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand» |
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5. | repeat — do over; «They would like to take it over again»
take over act, move — perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); «think before you act»; «We must move quickly»; «The governor should act on the new energy bill»; «The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel» |
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6. | repeat — repeat an earlier theme of a composition
reprise, reprize, recapitulate music — musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); «his music was his central interest» spiel, play — replay (as a melody); «Play it again, Sam»; «She played the third movement very beautifully» |
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
repeat
verb
2. retell, relate, quote, renew, echo, replay, reproduce, rehearse, recite, duplicate, redo, rerun, reshow I repeated the story to a delighted audience.
repeat itself recur, happen again, occur again Is history about to repeat itself, with tragic consequences?
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
repeat
verb
2. To send back the sound of:
3. To copy (another) slavishly:
4. To do or perform (an act) again:
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Translations
opakovatopakováníopakovanýrecitovatříkat dál
gentagegentagelserepetereciterefortælle videre
toistaatoisto
ponavljanjeponoviti
megismételelismételfelmond
endurtakaendurtekning; endurtekinn òáttur/sÿningfara meîhafa eftir
繰り返し繰り返す
반복반복하다
atmintinai sakytidaug kartųdaugkartiniskartojama laidakartojimas
atkārtojumsatkārtotizpaust noslēpumustāstīt citamstāstīt/teikt iegaumēto
ponovitiponovitev
reprisupprepa
การกระทำซ้ำพูด เขียนทำซ้ำ
nhắc lạisự nhắc lại
repeat
[rɪˈpiːt]
A. VT
2. (= divulge) → contar
don’t repeat this to anybody → no le cuentes esto a nadie
Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
repeat
[rɪˈpiːt]
vt
(= say again) [+ statement, word, promise] → répéter
«Stop!» he repeated → «Arrêtez»!» répéta-t-il.
to repeat (that) … → répéter que …
He repeated that he was innocent → Il répéta qu’il était innocent.
to repeat o.s. → se répéter
I repeat → je le répète
Do not, I repeat do NOT, touch the red button → Ne touchez pas, je répète ne touchez pas, le bouton rouge.
(= tell to someone else) → répéter
to repeat sth to sb → répéter qch à qn
Please don’t repeat this to anyone → Je vous prie de ne répéter ceci à personne.
(at school) [+ class, year] → redoubler
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
repeat
adj repeat business → Nachfolgeaufträge pl; repeat customer → Kunde, der/Kundin, die wiederkommt; (= regular customer) → Stammkunde m, → Stammkundin f
repeat
:
repeat performance
n (Theat) → Wiederholungsvorstellung f; he gave a repeat (fig) → er machte es noch einmal; (pej) → er machte noch einmal das gleiche Theater (inf)
repeat prescription
n (Med) → erneut verschriebenes Rezept, Folgerezept nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
repeat
(rəˈpiːt) verb
1. to say or do again. Would you repeat those instructions, please?
2. to say (something one has heard) to someone else, sometimes when one ought not to. Please do not repeat what I’ve just told you.
3. to say (something) one has learned by heart. to repeat a poem.
noun
something which is repeated. I’m tired of seeing all these repeats on television; (also adjective) a repeat performance.
reˈpeated adjective
said, done etc many times. In spite of repeated warnings, he went on smoking.
reˈpeatedly adverb
many times. I’ve asked him for it repeatedly.
repetition (repəˈtiʃən) noun
(an) act of repeating.
repetitive (rəˈpetətiv) adjective
doing, saying, the same thing too often. His speeches are very repetitive; My job is a bit repetitive.
reˈpetitively adverbreˈpetitiveness nounrepeat oneself
to repeat what one has already said. Listen carefully because I don’t want to have to repeat myself.
to repeat (not repeat again) the lessons.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
repeat
→ تَكْرار, يُكَرِّرُ opakování, opakovat gentage, gentagelse wiederholen, Wiederholung επαναλαμβάνω, επανάληψη repetición, repetir toistaa, toisto rediffusion, répéter ponavljanje, ponoviti ripetere, ripetizione 繰り返し, 繰り返す 반복, 반복하다 herhalen, herhaling repetere, repetisjon powtórzenie, powtórzyć repetição, repetir повторение, повторять repris, upprepa การกระทำซ้ำ, พูด เขียนทำซ้ำ tekrar, tekrarlamak nhắc lại, sự nhắc lại 重复
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
re·peat
n. repetir, reiterar.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
- Could you repeat that, please?
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English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
повторять, повторяться, повторный, повторение, реприза
глагол ↓
- повторять
to repeat a mistake — повторить (ту же) ошибку
please repeat that — повторите, пожалуйста
a story not fit to be repeated — неприличный рассказ
to repeat back — мор. повторять (полученное приказание)
to repeat oneself — повторяться
avoid repeating yourself — старайтесь не повторяться
- говорить наизусть (тж. to repeat by heart или from memory)
to repeat one’s lesson — отвечать урок
to repeat a poem — читать стихотворение
- рассказывать, повторять
to repeat a secret — рассказать секрет (кому-л.)
he repeats everything to the master — он обо всём доносит учителю
- повторяться, встречаться (вновь)
the figures repeat in the same order — цифры повторяются в том же порядке
history repeats itself — история повторяется
- воспроизводить
a programme repeated on tape — программа, записанная на плёнку
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существительное ↓
- повторение
the repeat of an order — повторение заказа
- исполнение на бис
- повторение радио- или телепрограммы
there will be a repeat of this talk on Friday — эта беседа повторяется в пятницу
- амер. обратный путь
to go one mile and repeat — пройти одну милю туда и обратно
- амер. унив. жарг. студент-второгодник
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Словосочетания
If the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now? — Если слух этот верен, то что может быть неуместнее, чем повторять его сейчас?
repeat instruction — команда повторения
step-and-repeat machine — копировально-множительная машина
tandem repeat — тандемный повтор
repeat notice — повторное уведомление
repeat offender — преступник, повторно совершивший преступление; рецидивист
one-track repeat — многократное повторное воспроизведение одного музыкального фрагмента с компакт-диска
repeat like a parrot — повторять как попугай
picking repeat — раппорт смены челноков; раппорт кидки челноков
preemptive repeat priority — приоритет, прерывающий обслуживание, когда прерванное обслуживание повторяется сначала
prolonged repeat-action tablet — таблетка с пролонгированным действием
Примеры с переводом
Repeat the exercises twice a day.
Повторяйте упражнения два раза в день.
Don’t repeat this to anyone.
Никому этого не рассказывай.
Will you repeat the question?
Не могли бы вы повторить вопрос?
‘I promise,’ she repeated.
— Я обещаю, — повторила она.
Can you repeat your question?
Не могли бы вы повторить вопрос?
It is not, I repeat not, my fault.
Ещё раз повторяю, я не виновата.
He had to repeat third grade.
Ему пришлось остаться в третьем классе на второй год.
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Примеры, ожидающие перевода
Most of the customers are repeats.
Democracy, I would repeat, is the noblest form of government we have yet evolved …
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Возможные однокоренные слова
repeated — повторный, частый
repeater — ретранслятор, повторитель, репетир, рецидивист, трансляционный усилитель
repeating — повторяющийся, повторяющий, периодический
repeatable — повторимый, повторяющийся
Формы слова
verb
I/you/we/they: repeat
he/she/it: repeats
ing ф. (present participle): repeating
2-я ф. (past tense): repeated
3-я ф. (past participle): repeated
noun
ед. ч.(singular): repeat
мн. ч.(plural): repeats