to repeat
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- verb
- /rɪˈpiːt/
- Please repeat the instructions so everyone understands them.
- repeat the process
- repeat several times
- repeat a phrase
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Watch on YouTubeAnd Jordan Alpha, repeat the things that Emily says.
- And Jordan Alpha, repeat the things that Emily says.
- And most most importantly, you don't repeat that hurtful behavior.
- But they cannot, I repeat, they cannot jump out.
- Takes a lot to wake me up and I repeat this everyday.
- And so chances are they're going to repeat the behavior.
- I'm simply saying that history doesn't repeat, but it rhymes, it echoes.
- And President Obama has repeated this nonsense himself.
- We don't know if it's just repeating the words that were said.
- You know, when children can repeat smart things, we get impressed.
- OK, let me still repeat what our algorithm is.
- Peanuts do not, and I repeat, do not like alkali soil.
Examples
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Key information can be conveyed more effectively by repeating it, if necessary, several times.
Academic text (2011) -
Let me repeat myself.
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How is anyone going to repeat that in a way that I like?
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The challenge is that we're gonna have to get someone to repeat back to us a very specific word.
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And we can look for patterns that repeat themselves, right?
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We did not, repeat, did not trade weapons or anything else for hostages.
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And try not to repeat yourselves.
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The time frame and action steps will be repeated over the span of three school years.
Academic text (2011) -
At the end of the interviews, however, both teachers repeated that they found value in both purposes.
Academic text (2011) -
History repeats itself, even in paradise.
Synonyms
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1.6
Repeat what you just said so others can hear or understand
134
2.5
To copy words or ideas from someone else
93
5.9
To say something again to make it clear
83
3.5
To make an exact copy of something
45
2.1
To play a recording again to hear or see it once more
35
4.8
To do something again in the same way to get the same result
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3.4
To say something again in a different, clearer way
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5.7
Happen again, often after some time
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2.8
To tell a story or event again in different words
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7.6
To perform a song or part again
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2.9
Repeat a test or experiment to check the results
5
3.8
Happen again after some time
2
6.3
To say something again so people understand
2
3.9
To say or write something exactly as you remember it
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8.6
To repeat the main theme near the end of a piece
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9.9
To happen again after it happened before
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4.3
Say something again in different words
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3.0
Say the same thing again, often in a way that annoys people
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7.8
To do something again in the same way to copy the original
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9.9
To repeat an earlier theme in music or writing
To say something again to show it is important
Idioms
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Morphology
repeat = re + peat
The productive prefix 're-' signals repetition, but the base element 'peat' is not a standalone, semantically transparent English base for learners, so the meaning is only partly recoverable.
Etymology
Repeat comes from the old Latin parts re- meaning 'again' and petere meaning 'to seek' or 'go back to'. So to repeat is to do or say something 'again', which is why we use it when we want an action or words one more time.