repeat
/ɹɪˈpiːt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.49 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
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.
Example Sentences
- "The scientists repeated the experiment in order to confirm the result."
- "I'll tell you my secret, but first promise me you won't repeat it to anyone else!"
- "I don't mind talking about the incident, but one gets tired of repeating themself after the hundredth time."
- "When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper."
- "From Berlin and Tokyo and Rome, we have been described as a nation of weaklings- playboys- who would hire British soldiers or Russian soldiers or Chinese soldiers to do our fighting for us. Let them repeat that now. Let them tell that to General McArthur and his men. Let them tell that to the sailors who today are hitting hard in the far waters of the Pacific. Let them tell that to the boys in the Flying Fortresses. Let them tell that to the Marines."
- "A day like that has not yet repeated itself."
Etymology
From Middle English repeten, from Old French repeter, from Latin repetō, from the prefix re- (“again”) + petō (“to attack, beseech”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ɹɪˈpiːt/
Usage
Inflected Forms
repeats (present, singular)
repeating (participle, present)
repeated (participle, past)
repeated (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
repeated (first person, past)
repeatest (archaic, present)
repeated (past, second person)
repeatedst (archaic, past)
repeateth (archaic, present)
repeated (past, singular)
Derived Forms
Phrases
Frequently Paired Words
Synonyms
redo
reiterate
reprise
rework see also Thesaurus:reiterate
reoccur
recrudesce
recourse
recur
rehappen
repeat
reiteration
reoccurrence