Meaning They Repeat

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verb (used with object)

to say or utter again (something already said): to repeat a give-and-take for emphasis.

to say or utter in reproducing the words, inflections, etc., of another: to repeat a sentence after the teacher.

to reproduce (utterances, sounds, etc.) in the manner of an echo, a phonograph, or the like.

to tell (something heard) to another or others.

to exercise, make, or perform once again: to repeat an action.

to go through or undergo again: to repeat an feel.

verb (used without object)

to practise or say something again.

to cause a slight regurgitation: The onions I ate are repeating on me.

to vote illegally by casting more than one vote in the same election.

noun

the act of repeating.

something repeated; repetition.

a duplicate or reproduction of something.

a decorative pattern repeated, usually by press, on a textile or the like.

Music.

  1. a passage to exist repeated.
  2. a sign, equally a vertical arrangement of dots, calling for the repetition of a passage.

a radio or tv set program that has been broadcast at to the lowest degree once before.

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Origin of repeat

Kickoff recorded in 1325–75; Center English repeten (verb), from Center French repeter, from Latin repetere "to attack once again, demand return of," equivalent to re-re- + petere "to reach towards, seek" (cf. perpetual, petulant)

synonym written report for repeat

1, five. Echo, recapitulate, reiterate refer to saying a thing more than once. To repeat is to do or say something over again: to repeat a question, an order. To recapitulate is to restate in brief form, to summarize, oftentimes by repeating the principal points in a discourse: to restate an argument. To reiterate is to practice or say something over and over once more, to echo insistently: to reiterate a refusal, a demand.

OTHER WORDS FROM echo

Words nearby repeat

repast, repatriate, repatriation, repay, repeal, repeat, repeated, repeatedly, repeater, repeating decimal, repeating firearm

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British Dictionary definitions for echo


verb

(when tr, may take a clause every bit object) to say or write (something) over again, either in one case or several times; restate or reiterate

to do or experience (something) again once or several times

(intr) to occur more than once the final figure repeats

(tr; may take a clause every bit object) to reproduce (the words, sounds, etc) uttered past someone else; echo

(tr) to utter (a poem, oral communication, etc) from retentivity; recite

(intr)

  1. (of food) to be tasted once again after ingestion every bit the result of belching or slight regurgitation
  2. to belch

(tr; may take a clause as object) to tell to another person (the words, esp secrets, imparted to one by someone else)

(intr) (of a clock) to strike the 60 minutes or quarter-hour only past, when a jump is pressed

(intr) Usa to vote (illegally) more than once in a unmarried election

repeat oneself to say or do the same matter more than one time, esp so as to be tedious

noun

  1. the act or an instance of repeating
  2. (as modifier) a echo performance

a give-and-take, action, etc, that is repeated

an order made out for goods, provisions, etc, that duplicates a previous guild

a duplicate copy of something; reproduction

radio tv a farther broadcast of a programme, moving-picture show, etc, which has been broadcast before

music a passage that is an exact restatement of the passage preceding it

Derived forms of repeat

repeatability, substantive repeatable, adjective

Word Origin for repeat

C14: from One-time French repeter, from Latin repetere to seek again, from re- + petere to seek

usage for repeat

Since again is part of the meaning of echo, one should non say something is repeated once again

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