repeat

/ɹɪˈpit//ɹɪˈpiːt/

repeat verb: to do or say again (and again).

Verb

repeat (third-person singular simple present repeats, present participle repeating, simple past and past participle repeated)

(transitive) To do or say again (and again).
- 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!
Synonyms:

redo
(transitive, pharmacy) To refill (a prescription).
(intransitive) To happen again; recur.
- A day like that has not yet repeated itself.
Synonyms:

reoccur
(transitive) To echo the words of (a person).
- Their rationale with repeating me was that the prior program had not been of sufficient quality to teach me the error of my ways.2008, Ken Jensen, Ronda Del Boccio, It Takes Guts to Be Me: How an Ex-marine Beat Bipolar Disorder
(intransitive) To strike the hours, as a watch does.
(obsolete) To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.
- He[…] repeats the danger of the burning town.a. 1687, Edmund Waller, The Battel of the Summer Islands
(Scotland) To repay or refund (an excess received).
(procedure word) 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.
To commit fraud in an election by voting more than once for the same candidate.

Noun

repeat (plural repeats)

An iteration; a repetition.
- We gave up after the third repeat because it got boring.
- "You have just sent a telegram to Brookbend Cottage," he said to the young lady behind the brasswork lattice. "We think it may have come inaccurately and should like a repeat."1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados
Synonyms:

reiteration
A television program shown after its initial presentation; a rerun.
(pharmacy) A refill of a prescription.
A pattern of nucleic acids that occur in multiple copies throughout a genome (or of amino acids in a protein).
A mark in music notation directing a part to be repeated.

repeat meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

repeat in Hindi

do or say again: दोहराना dohrānā, फिर से कहना phir se kahnā

repeat in Tamil

மீண்டும், திருப்பிச் செய்

repeat in Marathi

पुनरावृत्ती, पुनरावृत्ती करा, पुनरावृत्ती करणे

repeat in Urdu

do or say again: دوہرانا dohrānā
rerun of a television broadcast — see also rerun: نَشَر مُکَرَّر naśar mukarrar

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repeat in Bengali: পুনরাবৃত্তি, পুনরাবৃত্ত বস্তু, পুনরাবৃত্ত বিষয়, পুনরায় ঘটা
repeat in Telugu: రెట్టించు reṭṭiñcu
repeat in Malayalam: ആവർത്തിക്കുക
repeat in Kannada: ಮತ್ತೆ ಹೇಳು, ಇರ‍್ನುಡಿ, ಮತ್ತೆ ಮಾಡು, ಮಾರೆಸಗು
repeat in Punjabi: ਦੁਹਰਾਓ, ਦੁਹਰਾਉਣ ਲਈ
repeat in Gujarati: પુનરાવર્તન કરો, પુનરાવર્તન, પુનરાવર્તિત કરો
repeat in Odia: ପୁନରାବୃତ୍ତି କରନ୍ତୁ, ପୁନରାବୃତ୍ତି, ପୁନରାବୃତ୍ତି କରିବା
repeat in Sanskrit: चर्च् carc, पठ् paṭh, अभ्यस् abhyas
repeat in Assamese: আওৰা aüra, দোহাৰ dühar
repeat in Nepali: दोहोऱ्याउनुहोस्, दोहोऱ्याउने, दोहोऱ्याउन
repeat in Tagalog: ulit
repeat in Arabic: كَرَّرَ karrara, أَعَادَ ʔaʕāda
repeat in Malay: ulang
repeat in Indonesian: mengulang
repeat in Persian: تکرار کردن tekrâr kardan, بازگفتن bāzgoftan, بازکردن bāzkardan
repeat in Thai: ทำซ้ำ tam sám
repeat in Vietnamese: lặp, lặp lại
repeat in Myanmar: ထပ် htap

Examples of repeat in a sentence

I don't mind talking about the incident, but one gets tired of repeating themself after the hundredth time.
When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company...

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Synonyms of repeat

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Forms of repeat

Verb
third-person singular present	repeats
present participle	repeating
past participle	repeated
past	repeated
second-person singular present (archaic)	repeatest
second-person singular past (archaic)	repeatedst
third-person singular present (archaic)	repeateth
Noun
plural	repeats

Past tense of repeat: repeated

Plural of repeat: repeats

Origin of repeat

From Middle English repeten, from Old French repeter, from Latin repetō, from the prefix re- (“again”) + petō (“to attack, beseech”).

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Words that rhyme with repeat

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Questions about repeat

What does repeat mean?: Repeat means to do or say again (and again).
What is repeat in Hindi?: Repeat in Hindi is दोहराना (dohrānā), फिर से कहना (phir se kahnā). See Repeat meaning in Hindi.
How do you use repeat in a sentence?: I don't mind talking about the incident, but one gets tired of repeating themself after the hundredth time.
What part of speech is repeat?: Repeat can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce repeat?: Repeat is pronounced /ɹɪˈpiːt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of repeat?: The past tense of repeat is repeated.

Words near repeat in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: repeat (page history and authors); repeat (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); repeat (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); repeat (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); రెట్టించు (Telugu) (page history and authors); repeat (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); repeat (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); repeat (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); repeat (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); repeat (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); अभ्यस् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); repeat (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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