repeat

Formsrepeats, repeating, repeated

Pluralrepeats

1. 1
   verbtransitive

   To do or say something more than one time.

   Like playing the same song over and over.

   Please repeat the question so everyone can hear.

   She repeated the instructions slowly for the new students.

   Similarreiterate, restate, redo

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2. 2
   verbintransitive

   To happen again, after happening once before.

   Like seasons that come back every year.

   The same problems repeat year after year.

   If the noise repeats, call me.

   Similarrecur, reoccur, return

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3. 3
   nouncountable

   A time when something is done or shown again.

   Like a copy of something that already happened before.

   His speech was just a repeat of what he said last year.

   The festival was a repeat of last summer's lineup.

   Similarrecurrence, repetition, rerun, replay, reprise

4. 4
   nouncountable

   A TV show that is played again after its first time on air.

   Like watching the same movie you already saw before.

   There's nothing on tonight but repeats.

   I've seen this repeat at least three times.

   Similarrerun, rebroadcast

5. 5
   verbtransitive

   To say again what another person has just said.

   Like an echo that says back what you just shouted.

   Children often repeat their parents word for word.

   He repeated the speaker exactly, mimicking her accent.

   Similarecho, parrot, mimic, quote

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6. 6
   nouncountable

   A new supply of medicine you get without a new prescription.

   Like getting another box of the same medicine you had before.

   The doctor gave her three repeats on the prescription.

   I need to pick up my repeat from the pharmacy.

   Similarrefill

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7. 7
   verbtransitive

   To fill a prescription again so a patient gets more medicine.

   Like refilling a water bottle when it's empty.

   The pharmacist can repeat your prescription if the doctor allows it.

   They repeated her medication for another three months.

   Similarrefill, renew

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8. 8
   nouncountable

   A sign in written music that tells you to play a part again.

   Like an arrow that points you back to play the same part again.

   The teacher showed us how to read a repeat in the music.

   Follow the repeat and play the verse twice.

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9. 9
   nouncountable

   A short string of genetic code that appears many times in DNA.

   Like the same short word printed over and over in a long book.

   Scientists found the same repeat in many places along the DNA.

   Some diseases are caused by a repeat that grows too long.

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10. 10
    verbintransitive

    To cheat in an election by voting more than once for the same person.

    Like getting in line twice to vote when you're only allowed once.

    Party bosses paid men to repeat at several polling places.

    He was caught trying to repeat in the city election.

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