repeat

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an event that repeats

   the events today were a repeat of yesterday's

2. 2
   verb

   To do or say again (and again).

   The scientists repeated the experiment in order to confirm the result.

3. 3
   verb

   To happen again; recur.

   A day like that has not yet repeated itself.

4. 4
   verb

   To echo the words of (a person).

   Their rationale with repeating me was that the prior program had not been of sufficient quality to teach me the error of my ways.

5. 5
   verb

   To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.

   He[…] repeats the danger of the burning town.

6. 6
   verb

   To call in a previous artillery fire mission with the same ammunition and method either on the coordinates or adjusted either because destruction of the target was insufficient or missed.

   Add 100, left 50. Repeat, over.

7. 7
   noun

   An iteration; a repetition.

   We gave up after the third repeat because it got boring.

8. 8
   verb

   happen or occur again

Etymology

From Middle English repeten, from Old French repeter, from Latin repetō, from the prefix re- (“again”) + petō (“to attack, beseech”).