Term Saying Something Over and Over Again

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verb (used with object)

to say or utter over again (something already said): to repeat a discussion for accent.

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

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

to tell (something heard) to another or others.

to practise, make, or perform again: to repeat an action.

to get through or undergo again: to repeat an experience.

verb (used without object)

to do or say something once again.

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

to vote illegally by casting more ane vote in the same election.

substantive

the act of repeating.

something repeated; repetition.

a duplicate or reproduction of something.

a decorative pattern repeated, usually past printing, on a textile or the like.

Music.

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

a radio or boob tube program that has been broadcast at least once earlier.

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Origin of repeat

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

synonym study for repeat

one, 5. Repeat, restate, reiterate refer to maxim a matter more than once. To repeat is to do or say something over once again: to repeat a question, an club. To restate is to recapitulate in cursory grade, to summarize, often past repeating the principal points in a soapbox: to recapitulate an argument. To reiterate is to practise or say something over and over again, to repeat insistently: to reiterate a refusal, a demand.

OTHER WORDS FROM repeat

Words nearby repeat

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

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How to use repeat in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for echo


verb

(when tr, may accept a clause as object) to say or write (something) once again, either once or several times; restate or reiterate

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

(intr) to occur more than in one case the last figure repeats

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

(tr) to utter (a poem, speech, etc) from memory; recite

(intr)

  1. (of food) to be tasted again after ingestion as 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 ane by someone else)

(intr) (of a clock) to strike the hour or quarter-hour just past, when a leap is pressed

(intr) US to vote (illegally) more than in one case in a unmarried ballot

repeat oneself to say or do the same thing more than once, esp so every bit to be tedious

noun

  1. the deed or an instance of repeating
  2. (equally modifier) a repeat performance

a word, action, etc, that is repeated

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

a duplicate copy of something; reproduction

radio goggle box a further broadcast of a programme, pic, etc, which has been broadcast before

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

Derived forms of echo

repeatability, noun repeatable, adjective

Word Origin for repeat

C14: from Erstwhile French repeter, from Latin repetere to seek once again, from re- + petere to seek

usage for repeat

Since over again is part of the meaning of repeat, one should not say something is repeated once again

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