Verb
Will you repeat the question?
He kept repeating the same thing over and over.
He often has to ask people to repeat themselves because he's a little deaf. Repeat after me: “I promise to do my best…”.
You are simply repeating, in slightly different words, what has been said already.
My five-year-old can repeat her favorite stories word for word. Noun
Most of the customers are repeats.
No, I don't want to watch that. It's a repeat.
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Verb
The sea of ardent fans answered his call to repeat his tagline, too.—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2025 That’s a strategy these countries may be looking to repeat.—Caitlin Babcock, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
The schedule was one evening classroom session, followed by a full-day field session and repeat.—Ashley Thess, Outdoor Life, 14 Mar. 2025 Near the Arctic Circle in northern Sweden, many of the world's automakers have testing facilities where their research and development teams decamp to Monday through Friday for weeks on repeat during the winter months.—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
The Dodgers are heavy favorites to become the first repeat World Series champions since the New York Yankees won three straight titles from 1998-2000.—John Perrotto, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025 But as climate change intensifies rainfall and strengthens tropical storms, a newer generation of homes is facing the threat of repeat flood disasters.—Gregory Barber, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for repeat
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English repeten, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French repeter, from Old French, from Latin repetere to return to, repeat, from re- + petere to go to, seek — more at feather
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