repeat

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA ^(key): /rɪˈpiːt/
• (noun) IPA ^(key): /rɪˈpiːt/ or /ˈriːpiːt/

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Verb

Plain form repeat

Third-person singular repeats

Past tense repeated

Past participle repeated

Present participle repeating

1. (transitive) If you repeat something, you do it again.
   • Synonym: redo

   I don't want to have to repeat typing this.

   If you fail the class you will have to repeat it.

   That song is not good because it just repeats the same words.

2. (intransitive) If something repeats or is repeated it is done more than once, or there is more than one of it.

   The flashing light just keeps repeating.

   The war was very bad, I hope history doesn't repeat with another like it.

   The words "No show hello" repeat through the whole song.

3. (transitive) If you repeat yourself, you say something you just said again.

   I already told you what to do, don't make me repeat myself.

Related words

• repetition
• repetitive

Synonyms

• re-do (also spelled "re do" or "redo")
• do over

Noun

Singular repeat

Plural repeats

1. (countable) An instruction to repeat something. Usually this is used for music in part of a song. Sometimes it may be used for other things like part of a computer program.
2. (informal) Something this has been repeated; that is a repetition.

Synonyms

• repetition