Definition of repeats Repeats

/ɹɪpiˈts/ - [ripeets] -

We found 3 definitions of repeats from 2 different sources.

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What does repeats mean?

Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • repeats (Noun)
    Plural of repeat.

Part of speech

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  • repeats, verb, present, 3rd person singular of repeat (infinitive).
  • repeats, noun, plural of repeat.

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: repeats

repeat - an event that repeats; "the events today were a repeat of yesterday's"
  repetition
  periodic event, recurrent event an event that recurs at intervals
  sequence film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie
  cycle a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon; "a year constitutes a cycle of the seasons"
  rematch, replay the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape

Verb

repeats, repeating, repeated  

repeat - to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request"
  reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell
  tell discern or comprehend; "He could tell that she was unhappy"
  perseverate psychology: repeat a response after the cessation of the original stimulus; "The subjects in this study perseverated"
  ditto repeat an action or statement; "The next speaker dittoed her argument"
  harp, dwell come back to; "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always harping on the same old things"
  interpret, translate, render make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"
  paraphrase, rephrase, reword express the same message in different words
  summarise, summarize, sum up, resume be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper"
  quote, cite put quote marks around; "Here the author is quoting his colleague"
repeat - to say again or imitate; "followers echoing the cries of their leaders"
  echo
  let loose, emit, let out, utter expel (gases or odors)
  recite repeat aloud from memory; "she recited a poem"; "The pupil recited his lesson for the day"
  cuckoo repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call
  reecho repeat back like an echo
  parrot repeat mindlessly; "The students parroted the teacher's words"
  regurgitate, reproduce repeat after memorization; "For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information"
repeat - do over; "They would like to take it over again"
  take over
  act, move behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
repeat - make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick"
  duplicate, reduplicate, double, replicate
  reproduce have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant; "The Bible tells people to procreate"
  replicate, copy reproduce or make an exact copy of; "replicate the cell"; "copy the genetic information"
  recapitulate summarize briefly; "Let's recapitulate the main ideas"
  reduplicate, geminate form by reduplication; "The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel"; "The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word"
repeat - happen or occur again; "This is a recurring story"
  recur
  come about, hap, take place, occur, fall out, go on, happen, pass off, pass come to one's mind; suggest itself; "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her"
  iterate run or be performed again; "the function iterates"
  cycle recur in repeating sequences
repeat - repeat an earlier theme of a composition
  reprise, reprize, recapitulate
  spiel, play speak at great length (about something)
  music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • repeat (Noun)
    An iteration; a repetition.
  • repeat (Noun)
    A television program shown after its initial presentation -- particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a rerun.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • repeat (v. t.)
    To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem.
  • repeat (v. t.)
    To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.
  • repeat (v. t.)
    To repay or refund (an excess received).
  • repeat (n.)
    The act of repeating; repetition.
  • repeat (n.)
    That which is repeated; as, the repeat of a pattern; that is, the repetition of the engraved figure on a roller by which an impression is produced (as in calico printing, etc.).
  • repeat (n.)
    A mark, or series of dots, placed before and after, or often only at the end of, a passage to be repeated in performance.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • repeat
    A television programme shown after its initial presentation.
  • repeat
    To do something again.
  • repeat
    To say again something that we have already said.
  • repeat
    To say again something that someone else has already said by reproducing the words, inflections, etc.
  • repeat
    To tell someone something that we have heard from someone else.
  • repeat
    To transmit again.

Wikipedia Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • Things that repeat are things that happen again and again. To repeat something is to do or say something again.

    Example.

    The same phrase "This sentence repeats." is printed again and again, the same way.

Part of speech

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  • repeat, verb, present, 1st person singular of repeat (infinitive).
  • repeat, verb (infinitive).
  • repeat, noun, singular of repeats.

Pronunciation

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