repeat
/ɹɪˈpit/ verb A1- 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!
- To refill (a prescription).
- To happen again; recur. · A day like that has not yet repeated itself.
- To echo the words of (a person).
- To strike the hours, as a watch does.
- 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.
Plural repeat · He/she/it repeats · Past repeated · Past participle repeated · -ing form repeating
Verb forms
- Base form
- repeat
- He/she/it
- repeats
- Past
- repeated
- Past participle
- repeated
- -ing form
- repeating
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
Morrel descended and came forth to meet it, followed by the soldiers and sailors there assembled, to whom he had repeated the promise already given, that Dantès should be the successor to the late Captain Leclere.
“Me!” repeated Edmond, slightly changing color, “and wherefore, I pray?”
“Hope!” repeated Danglars.
I’ll repeat the oath first.
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