Repeat

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /ɹɪˈpiːt/, /ɹəˈpiːt/
• Rhymes: -iːt

Origin

From Old French repeter, from Latin repetō, from Latin prefix re- ("again") + peto ("attack, beseech").

Full definition of repeat

Verb

1. (transitive, intransitive) To do or say again (and again).
   The scientists repeated the experiment in order to confirm the result.
• 1898, Winston Churchill, The Celebrity Chapter 5, 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.
2. (obsolete) To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.
3. (legal, Scotland) To repay or refund (an excess received).

Related terms

• repeatedly
• repetition
• repetitive
• repeat oneself

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 -- particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a rerun.

Anagrams

• retape