repeat
To do or say againTo do or say again (and again).
» I'm sorry, could you repeat that?
Простите, Вы не могли бы это повторить?
Прости, ты не мог бы это повторить?
Простите, вы не могли бы это повторить?
Перепрошую, ти не міг би це повторити?
Перепрошую, ти не міг би повторити?
Перепрошую, ти не могла би це повторити?
Перепрошую, ти не могла би повторити?
Перепрошую, ви не могли би це повторити?
Перепрошую, ви не могли би повторити?
Meaning
9 senses(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
(transitive)To refill (a prescription).
(intransitive)To happen again; recur.
A day like that has not yet repeated itself.
happen or occur again
(transitive)To echo the words of (a person).
(intransitive)To strike the hours, as a watch does.
(Scotland)To repay or refund (an excess received).
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.
To commit fraud in an election by voting more than once for the same candidate.
(obsolete)To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.
make or do or perform again
Examples
616 sentencesI'm sorry, could you repeat that?
Перепрошую, ти не міг би це повторити?
ruПростите, Вы не могли бы это повторить?
I'm not going to repeat myself.
Я не буду повторюватися.
Tom repeated the word several times.
Том повторив слово кілька разів.
ruТом повторил слово несколько раз.
deTom wiederholte das Wort mehrere Male.
The teacher made me repeat the sentence.
Вчитель примусив мене повторити речення.
deDer Lehrer ließ mich den Satz wiederholen.
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.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English repeten, from Old French repeter, from Latin repetō, from the prefix rFrom 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, repeatedSynonyms
22 synonyms- to say again or imitate:echo
- to say, state, or perform again:reiterateingeminateiteraterestateretell
- do over:take over
- happen or occur again:recur
- repeat an earlier theme of a composition:reprisereprizerecapitulate
- make or do or perform again:duplicatereduplicatedoublereplicate
Word family
42 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
8 patterns- repeat the question
- please repeat
- repeating itself
- please repeat what
- repeat myself
- repeat that please
- had to repeat
- repeat himself