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repeatrepeat1 /rɪˈpit/ ●●● S2 W2 verb ETYMOLOGYrepeat1Origin: 1300-1400 Old French repeter, from Latin repetere, from petere to go to, try to find VERB TABLErepeat |
| Present | I, you, we, they | repeat | | he, she, it | repeats | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | repeated | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have repeated | | he, she, it | has repeated | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had repeated | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will repeat | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have repeated |
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| Present | I | am repeating | | he, she, it | is repeating | | you, we, they | are repeating | | Past | I, he, she, it | was repeating | | you, we, they | were repeating | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been repeating | | he, she, it | has been repeating | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been repeating | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be repeating | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been repeating |
► repeat yourself The interviewer asked him to repeat himself (=say the same thing again). ► I repeat Do not, I repeat (=used to emphasize what you are saying), do not leave the area. ► Repeat after me Repeat after me: “The customer is always right.” ► history repeats itself If history repeats itself, Taylor could win again this year. THESAURUS to repeat exactly what someone else has said or written► quote to repeat exactly what someone else has said or written: He’s always quoting Shakespeare. The doctor was quoted as saying he would not give the vaccine to his children. ► cite formal to give the exact words of something that has been written, especially in order to support an opinion or prove an idea: The judge cited parts of the U.S. Constitution as he read his decision in court. ► repeat to tell someone something that someone else has told you, using the same or different words: “He’s planning to bring the contract over at 4:00 p.m.,” she said, repeating what Reynolds had told her. ► recite to say the words of a poem, speech, or other piece of writing, for example in a ceremony or performance: The children have to memorize and recite patriotic poems. ► parrot to repeat what someone says or writes in a way that shows you are not thinking for yourself: He is good at parroting what the party leaders say, but he doesn’t have any new ideas. 1SAY AGAIN [transitive] to say something again: I asked him to repeat the question. Sorry, could you repeat that?repeat that Martin kept repeating that he was hungry.repeat yourself The interviewer asked him to repeat himself (=say the same thing again). Do not, I repeat (=used to emphasize what you are saying), do not leave the area.2DO AGAIN [transitive] to do something again: Repeat the exercises twice a day. Todd had to repeat first grade.3TELL [transitive] to tell someone something that someone else has told you: Do you promise you won’t repeat this to anyone?► see thesaurus at quote14IN ORDER TO LEARN [transitive] to say some words that you have heard or read in order to remember or learn them better: She read the address and repeated it several times. Repeat after me: “The customer is always right.”5HAPPEN AGAIN [transitive] if a situation or sequence of events is repeated or repeats itself, it happens again in the same way as something that happened before: The same situation was repeated in the next race. If history repeats itself, Taylor could win again this year.6BROADCAST [transitive often passive] to broadcast a television or radio program again: The awards show will be repeated on Saturday night.7PATTERN [intransitive, transitive] if a pattern repeats or is repeated, it appears the same way several times or in several places: The pattern is repeated on the bedspread and drapes.8repeat yourself to say something that you have already said, usually without realizing that you have done it: Old people tend to repeat themselves.9be worth repeating (also bear repeating) used to say that something is interesting or important enough to say again: One final warning is worth repeating here.[Origin: 1300–1400 Old French repeter, from Latin repetere, from petere to go to, try to find]—repeatable adjective → see also repetition |