repeat Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an event that repeats
    repetition.
    • the events today were a repeat of yesterday's
  2. verb to say, state, or perform again
    reiterate; ingeminate; retell; restate; iterate.
    • She kept reiterating her request
  3. verb make or do or perform again
    double; duplicate; replicate; reduplicate.
    • He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick
  4. verb happen or occur again
    recur.
    • This is a recurring story
  5. verb to say again or imitate
    echo.
    • followers echoing the cries of their leaders
  6. verb do over
    take over.
    • They would like to take it over again
  7. verb repeat an earlier theme of a composition
    reprise; reprize; recapitulate.

WordNet

Re*peat" transitive verb
Etymology
F. répéter, L. repetere; pref. re- re- + petere to fall upon, attack. See Petition.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Repeated; present participle & verbal noun Repeating
Definitions
  1. To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem. "I will repeat our former communication." Robynson (More's Utopia).
    Not well conceived of God; who, though his power Creation could repeat, yet would be loth Us to abolish. Milton.
  2. To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again. Obs. Waller.
  3. (Scots Law) To repay or refund (an excess received). Syn. -- To reiterate; iterate; renew; recite; relate; rehearse; recapitulate. See Reiterate.
Re*peat" noun
Definitions
  1. The act of repeating; repetition.
  2. That which is repeated; as, the repeat of a pattern; that is, the repetition of the engraved figure on a roller by which an impression is produced (as in calico printing, etc.).
  3. (Mus.) A mark, or series of dots, placed before and after, or often only at the end of, a passage to be repeated in performance.

Webster 1913