Meaning

9 senses
  1. (transitive)To do or say again (and again).

    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!

    wiederholen

    повторя́тьpovtorjátʹ, повтори́тьpovtorítʹ

    повто́рюватиpovtórjuvaty, повтори́тиpovtorýty

    to say again or imitate

  2. (transitive)To refill (a prescription).

  3. (intransitive)To happen again; recur.

    A day like that has not yet repeated itself.

    happen or occur again

  4. (transitive)To echo the words of (a person).

  5. (intransitive)To strike the hours, as a watch does.

  6. (Scotland)To repay or refund (an excess received).

  7. 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.

    Add 100, left 50. Repeat, over.

    Use "say again" instead of repeat on the radio. Repeat will bring in artillery fire.

  8. To commit fraud in an election by voting more than once for the same candidate.

  9. (obsolete)To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.

    make or do or perform again

Examples

616 sentences
  1. I'm sorry, could you repeat that?

    Перепрошую, ти не міг би це повторити?

    ruПростите, Вы не могли бы это повторить?

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  2. I'm not going to repeat myself.

    Я не буду повторюватися.

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  3. Tom repeated the word several times.

    Том повторив слово кілька разів.

    ruТом повторил слово несколько раз.

    deTom wiederholte das Wort mehrere Male.

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  4. The teacher made me repeat the sentence.

    Вчитель примусив мене повторити речення.

    deDer Lehrer ließ mich den Satz wiederholen.

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  5. I repeated the word several times for her.

    Я повторив це слово для неї декілька раз.

    ruЯ несколько раз повторил ей это слово.

    deIch habe das Wort einige Male für sie wiederholt.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
do or say again:
Русский
By meaning 1
do or say again:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
do or say again:

Origin

From Middle English repeten, from Old French repeter, from Latin repetō, from the prefix r

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

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Forms

repeats, repeating, repeated, repeated
Base formrepeat · to repeat
3rd person singularrepeats
Present participlerepeating
Past simplerepeated
Past participlerepeated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrepeat
he, she, itrepeats

Past simpleLesson

all personsrepeated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave repeated
he, she, ithas repeated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill repeat

Synonyms

22 synonyms
to do or say again:redoB2
recourseC2reiteraterepriserecrudescerecurrehappenrework see also Thesaurus:reiterate
to happen again:reoccur
Close in meaning

Word family

42 related words

Collocations

8 patterns
  • repeat the question
  • please repeat
  • repeating itself
  • please repeat what
  • repeat myself
  • repeat that please
  • had to repeat
  • repeat himself

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
repeat — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto