repeat
/ɹɪˈpit/ noun C2- An iteration; a repetition. · We gave up after the third repeat because it got boring.
- A television program shown after its initial presentation; a rerun.
- 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.
Plural repeats
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“If the marquise will deign to repeat the words I but imperfectly caught, I shall be delighted to answer,” said M.
But when the toothless, clawless Lion returned to repeat his request, the Woodman, no longer afraid, set upon him with his club, and drove him away into the forest.
“I must repeat the question.”
The big, serious, old brown bear was delighted to have so quick a pupil, for the young wolves will only learn as much of the Law of the Jungle as applies to their own pack and tribe, and run away as soon as they can repeat the Hunting Verse--“Feet that make no noise; eyes that can see in the dark; ears that can hear the winds in their lairs, and sharp white teeth, all these things are the marks of our brothers except Tabaqui the Jackal and the Hyaena whom we hate.” But Mowgli, as a man-cub, had to learn a great deal more than this.
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