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- repeat 1b
repeated; repeating; repeats
1
2
a
: to make, do, or perform again
repeat an experiment
b
: to make appear again
the curtains repeat the wallpaper pattern
will repeat the program tomorrow
c
: to go through or experience again
had to repeat third grade
3
: to express or present (oneself) again in the same words, terms, or form
: to say, do, or accomplish something again
especially
: to win something (such as a sports championship) another time in succession
1
a
: something repeated : repetition
b
: a musical passage to be repeated in performance
also
: a sign placed before and after such a passage
c
: a usually transcribed repetition of a radio or television program
d
: a duplication of genetic material (such as a sequence of nucleotides) in which the duplicated parts are adjacent to each other along the chromosome
2
: the act of repeating
: of, relating to, or being one that repeats an offense, achievement, or action
a repeat burglar
a repeat customer
Examples of repeat in a Sentence
Verb
Will you repeat the question?
He kept repeating the same thing over and over.
He often has to ask people to repeat themselves because he's a little deaf.
Repeat after me: “I promise to do my best…”.
You are simply repeating, in slightly different words, what has been said already.
My five-year-old can repeat her favorite stories word for word.
Noun
Most of the customers are repeats.
No, I don't want to watch that. It's a repeat.
Recent Examples on the Web
Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025
Defending race champion Sweet Azteca looks to repeat in Sunday’s Grade III Rancho Bernardo, a 6 ½-furlong sprint for older fillies and mares.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
Bill Barrow, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
Zelenskyy and the European allies appeared to have succeeded in avoiding a repeat of the ugly clash at the White House in February when an angry Trump effectively branded him as the main obstacle to peace.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 28 July 2025
Major League Baseball hasn’t had a repeat World Series champion since the New York Yankees pulled off a three-peat more than two decades ago.
—Don Yaeger, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
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Verb
And for another, the commercial spaceflight company founded by billionaire Elon Musk has struggled this year to repeat the successes of previous Starship test flights.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025
Defending race champion Sweet Azteca looks to repeat in Sunday’s Grade III Rancho Bernardo, a 6 ½-furlong sprint for older fillies and mares.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
The president wants to shore up Republicans’ narrow House majority and avoid a repeat of the midterms during his first presidency.
—Bill Barrow, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
Zelenskyy and the European allies appeared to have succeeded in avoiding a repeat of the ugly clash at the White House in February when an angry Trump effectively branded him as the main obstacle to peace.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Fresh off of her repeat Emmy nomination for her role in Apple TV+’s Shrinking, Jessica Williams popped by her old haunt at The Daily Show to discuss how president Donald Trump is scapegoating famous Black people to distract from the mounting pressure over the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 28 July 2025
Major League Baseball hasn’t had a repeat World Series champion since the New York Yankees pulled off a three-peat more than two decades ago.
—Don Yaeger, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
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“Repeat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repeat. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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repeat
1 of 2 verb
re·peat
ri-ˈpēt 
1
a
: to say or state again
repeated the question
b
: to say from memory : recite
repeat a poem
c
: to say after another
repeat the following words after me
2
: to make, do, or perform again
repeat a mistake
3
: to present (oneself) again in the same words or way
hate repeating myself
1
: the act of repeating
2
: something repeated
3
a
: a musical passage to be repeated in performance
b
: a sign that consists of two dots one above the other and that is placed before and after a musical passage to be repeated
4
: a repetition of a radio or television program
Medical Definition
repeat
noun
re·peat
ri-ˈpēt, ˈrē-ˌ
: genetic duplication in which the duplicated parts are adjacent to each other along the chromosome
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