repeat
noun/rɪˈpiːt/
/rɪˈpiːt/
Word Family
- repeat verb noun
- repeated adjective
- repeatedly adverb
- repeater noun
- repeatable adjective (≠ unrepeatable)
- repetition noun
- repetitive adjective
- repetitively adverb
- repetitiveness noun
- repetitious adjective
- repetitiously adverb
- repetitiousnesss noun
- an event that is very similar to something that happened before
- repeat of something She didn't want a repeat performance of what had happened the night before.
- A repeat of the 1906 earthquake could kill up to 11 000 people.
- (business) a repeat order (= for a further supply of the same goods)
- a repeat prescription (= for more of the same medicine)
- a repeat offender (= somebody who commits a crime again)
- revenues generated from repeat business
- Something needs to be done urgently to prevent a repeat of this incident.
- a television or radio programme that has been broadcast before
- ‘Is it a new series?’ ‘No, a repeat.’
- (music) a passage that is repeated
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French repeter, from Latin repetere, from re- ‘back’ + petere ‘seek’.
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