repeat

UK /ɹɪˈpiːt/ US /ɹɪˈpiːt/
verb 5noun 5

Definitions

verb

1

To do or say again (and again).

The scientists repeated the experiment in order to confirm the result.

I'll tell you my secret, but first promise me you won't repeat it to anyone else!

2

To refill (a prescription).

3

To happen again; recur.

A day like that has not yet repeated itself.

4

To echo the words of (a person).

Their rationale with repeating me was that the prior program had not been of sufficient quality to teach me the error of my ways.

5

To strike the hours, as a watch does.

noun

1

An iteration; a repetition.

We gave up after the third repeat because it got boring.

2

A television program shown after its initial presentation; a rerun.

3

A refill of a prescription.

4

A pattern of nucleic acids that occur in multiple copies throughout a genome (or of amino acids in a protein).

5

A mark in music notation directing a part to be repeated.

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