say / write again
1 ~ (sth / yourself) to say or write sth again or more than once:
[VN] to repeat a question / warning * I'm sorry-could you repeat that? * She kept repeating his name softly over and over again. * The opposition have been repeating their calls for the president's resignation. * Are you prepared to repeat these allegations in court? * Do say if I'm repeating myself (= if I have already said this). * [Vthat] He's fond of repeating that the company's success is all down to him.
do again
2 [VN] to do or produce sth again or more than once:
to repeat a mistake / a process / an exercise * The treatment should be repeated every two to three hours. * They are hoping to repeat last year's victory. * These offers are unlikely to be repeated. * The programmes will be repeated next year. * to repeat the class / year / grade (= in a school, to take the class / year / grade again) * [V] Lift and lower the right leg 20 times. Repeat with the left leg.
happen again
3 ~ (itself) to happen more than once in the same way:
[VN] History has a strange way of repeating itself. * This phrase is repeated at intervals throughout the song. * [V] a repeating pattern / design
what sb else said
4 [VN] ~ sth (to sb) to tell sb sth that you have heard or been told by sb else:
I don't want you to repeat a word of this to anyone. * The rumour has been widely repeated in the press.
5 ~ (sth) (after sb) to say aloud sth that sb else has said, especially in order to learn it:
[VN] Listen and repeat each sentence after me. * Can you repeat what I've just said word for word? * [Vspeech] 'Are you really sure?' she repeated.
of food
6 [V] ~ (on sb) (BrE, informal) if food repeats, you can taste it for some time after you have eaten it:
Do you find that onions repeat on you?
for emphasis
7 used to emphasize sth that you have already said:
[V] The claims are, I repeat, totally unfounded. * Nor, to repeat, can these changes be avoided. * [VN] I am not, repeat not, travelling in the same car as him!
Part of speech: noun
1 a television or radio programme that has been broadcast before:
'Is it a new series?' 'No, a repeat'.
2 an event that is very similar to sth that happened before:
A repeat of the 1906 earthquake could kill up to 11000 people. * She didn't want a repeat performance of what had happened the night before. * (business) a repeat order (= for a further supply of the same goods) * a repeat prescription (= for more of the same medicine)
3 (music) a passage that is repeated
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WORDFAMILY
repeat v., n.
repeatable adj. (=/= unrepeatable)
repeated adj.
repetition n.
repetitive adj.
repetitious adj.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is repeat a noun, verb, or something else?
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