Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun repeat

1 sense of repeat

Sense 1
repeat, repetition -- (an event that repeats; "the events today were a repeat of yesterday's")
       => periodic event, recurrent event -- (an event that recurs at intervals)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb repeat

6 senses of repeat

Sense 1
repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell -- (to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request")
       => tell -- (let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late")

Sense 2
duplicate, reduplicate, double, repeat, replicate -- (make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick")
       => reproduce -- (make a copy or equivalent of; "reproduce the painting")

Sense 3
recur, repeat -- (happen or occur again; "This is a recurring story")
       => happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place -- (come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important")

Sense 4
repeat, echo -- (to say again or imitate; "followers echoing the cries of their leaders")
       => utter, emit, let out, let loose -- (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand")

Sense 5
repeat, take over -- (do over; "They would like to take it over again")
       => act, move -- (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel")

Sense 6
reprise, reprize, repeat, recapitulate -- (repeat an earlier theme of a composition)
       => play, spiel -- (replay (as a melody); "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully")

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