repeat
verb · noun
Simple meaning
To say, state, or perform again.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
rihpeetSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ɹɪˈpit
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
verb
To say, state, or perform again
To say again or imitate
Happen or occur again
intransitive
To happen again; recur.
transitive
To echo the words of (a person).
intransitive
To strike the hours, as a watch does.
noun
An iteration; a repetition.
A television program shown after its initial presentation; a rerun.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B1 · Intermediate
- Frequency
- Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: To say, state, or perform again
Used this way, repeat is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- No strong connotation
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Nearby words
- reduplicate , rarer, so it draws attention
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use repeat
- “The events today were a repeat of yesterday's.”noun
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Word Family
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Inflected forms
Grammatical variations of the same word.
The act of doing or performing again.
A person who repeats.
Word family
Words built from the same root.
Able or fit to be repeated or quoted.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
A decimal with a sequence of digits that repeats itself indefinitely.
A firearm that can fire several rounds without reloading.
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