Verb: repeat ri'peet- To say, state, or perform again
"She kept repeating her request"; - reiterate, ingeminate [archaic], iterate, restate, retell - To say again or imitate
"followers repeating the cries of their leaders"; - echo - Make, do or perform again
"He could never repeat his brilliant performance of the magic trick"; - duplicate, reduplicate, double, replicate - Happen or occur again
"This is a repeating story"; - recur, reoccur - (music) repeat an earlier theme of a composition
"The violins repeat the main melody"; - reprise, recapitulate Noun: repeat ri'peet- Something that is repeated
"the events today were a repeat of yesterday's"; - repetition - A rebroadcast of a TV or radio program
"I missed the show but caught the repeat next week"
Derived forms: repeating, repeated, repeats Type of: come about, emit, fall out, go on, hap [archaic], happen, let loose, let out, occur, pass, pass off, periodic event, play, recurrent event, reproduce, spiel, take place, tell, utter Encyclopedia: Repeat |