repeat

1. 1

   To do or say again (and again).transitive

   • 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. 2

   To refill (a prescription).transitive

3. 3

   To happen again; recur.intransitive

   • A day like that has not yet repeated itself.
4. 4

   To echo the words of (a person).transitive

   • 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. 5

   To strike the hours, as a watch does.intransitive

6. 6

   To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.obsolete

   • He[…] repeats the danger of the burning town.
7. 7

   To repay or refund (an excess received).Scotland

8. 8

   To call in a previous artillery fire mission with the same ammunition and method either on the coordinates or adjusted either because destruction of the target was insufficient or missed.

   • Add 100, left 50. Repeat, over.
   • Use "say again" instead of repeat on the radio. Repeat will bring in artillery fire.
9. 9

   To commit fraud in an election by voting more than once for the same candidate.

syn. reiterate · reprise · rework see also Thesaurus:reiterate · recrudesce · recourse · recur · rehappen · repeat

1. 1

   An iteration; a repetition.

   • We gave up after the third repeat because it got boring.
2. 2

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

3. 3

   A refill of a prescription.

4. 4

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

5. 5

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

syn. reoccurrence