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US /ɹɪˈpit/ UK /ɹɪˈpiːt/ See IPA manual

Freq #1994

Meanings

1

verb
To do or say something again.

Could you repeat the question, please?
2

verb
To happen again.

We must make sure this mistake does not repeat itself.
3

noun
Something that happens again; a repetition.

Today's events were a repeat of yesterday's.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to do or say something again. redo

2 verb · to happen again. recur reoccur

3 noun · something that happens... repetition reiteration

More recourse recrudesce rehappen reiterate reoccurrencereprise

Word family

Forms repeatingrepeats

Derived forms antirepeatautorepeatdecarepeatfour-peatfourpeathepeathexarepeathomorepeatinterrepeatmicrorepeatmisrepeatmultirepeat

Related forms redundant reiterate repeated repeatedlyrepeatingrepeatsrepetition repetitions repetitious repetitive

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repeat a mistake
do the same wrong thing a second time

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Simplified etymology

Repeat entered English in late Middle English and ultimately derives from Latin petere, “aim at” or “seek,” with a prefix giving the literal idea “seek again.”

Etymology

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

*peth₂- Proto-Indo-European repeten Middle English repeter Old French repetō Latin

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# repeat

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** /ɹɪˈpit/
**IPA (UK):** /ɹɪˈpiːt/
**Frequency rank:** 1994

## Meanings
1. To do or say something again.
2. To happen again.
3. Something that happens again; a repetition.

## Examples
- Could you repeat the question, please?
- We must make sure this mistake does not repeat itself.
- Today's events were a repeat of yesterday's.

## Synonyms
- recourse
- recrudesce
- recur
- rehappen
- reiterate
- reoccurrence
- reprise

## Derived Forms
- antirepeat
- autorepeat
- decarepeat
- four-peat
- fourpeat
- hepeat
- hexarepeat
- homorepeat
- interrepeat
- microrepeat
- misrepeat
- multirepeat

## Related Forms
- redundant
- reiterate
- repeated
- repeatedly
- repeating
- repeats
- repetition
- repetitions
- repetitious
- repetitive

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *peth₂-
- Root: repeten
- Root: repeter
- Root: repetō
- Affix: re- - again

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

## AI Etymology
Repeat comes from Middle English repeten, from Old French repeter, from Latin repetō, from the prefix re- (“again”) + petō (“to attack, beseech”). Modern senses include to do or say something again. and to happen again.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as antirepeat, autorepeat, decarepeat, four-peat, fourpeat, and hepeat and related forms such as redundant, reiterate, repeated, and repeatedly.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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