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repeat(2) (iou)



repeat verb. LME.
[Old & mod. French repeter from Latin repetere, formed as RE- + petere attack, make for, demand, seek, etc.]
I.
verb trans. Say again (something which one has already said); reiterate; spec. say again (part of a message, instruction, etc.) for emphasis or clarification. LME.
B. Pym Nobody, repeat nobody, is to tamper with the..heating apparatus. L. Hellman He hadn't answered and so I repeated the question. absol.: C. Sandburg Why repeat? I heard you the first time.
b. refl. Say again what one has already said. M19.
verb trans. Recite or rehearse (something previously learned or composed); say formally in public; relate, recount. LME.
H. James Childish voices repeating the multiplication table.
verb trans. Say again (something said by another or others). Freq. with direct speech as obj. L16.
W. Golding I beg you will not repeat my opinion to the common sort of passenger.
II. verb trans. Seek again, return to, encounter again. LME-L17.
a. verb trans. Do, make, or perform again. M16.
R. H. Mottram She had to repeat her knock..before it was answered.
b. verb trans. Cause to recur or appear again; spec. broadcast (a radio or television programme) again. Freq. in pass. E18.
c. verb intrans. Recur, appear again. E18.
Listener A..rugged..shape tends to repeat throughout the picture.
d. verb refl. Reproduce or present (oneself) again; recur in the same form. M19.
Irish Democrat History does not repeat itself.
e. verb intrans. Vote illegally more than once in an election. US. rare. L19.
f. verb trans. Take (an educational course) again. M20.
Independent Students who do not pass have to repeat the year.
verb trans. & intrans. Of a clock etc.: strike (the last hour or quarter) again. E18.
verb trans. & intrans. Nautical. Of a ship: reproduce (a signal made by an admiral). M18.
Of a firearm: fire several shots without reloading. E19.
verb intrans. Of food: be tasted intermittently for some time after being swallowed as a result of belching or indigestion. L19.
P. H. Johnson I hope these aren't cucumber sandwiches...Cucumber always repeats. Helen Fielding The problem..with smoked salmon is that it repeats on me.
repeata'bility noun ability to be repeated; spec. the extent to which consistent results are obtained on repeated measurement (cf. REPRODUCIBILITY): E20.
repeatable adjective (esp. of a scientific experiment or result) able to be repeated E19.