repeat
to say, state, or perform again
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,353 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,363 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- to say, state, or perform again also: reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell She kept reiterating her request
- make or do or perform again also: duplicate, reduplicate, double, replicate He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick
- happen or occur again also: recur This is a recurring story
- to say again or imitate also: echo followers echoing the cries of their leaders
- do over also: take over They would like to take it over again
- repeat an earlier theme of a composition also: reprise, reprize, recapitulate
noun
- an event that repeats also: repetition the events today were a repeat of yesterday's
repeat in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Several French noblemen repeat ponderous witticisms to one another.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1
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Hearing somebody else coming upstairs, he prepared to repeat his speech.
Cornelli · Johanna Spyri · Chapter 1
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They read the minds of men and repeat their thoughts aloud.
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1
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The first question the priest uniformly puts to the penitent is, “Can you repeat the Confiteor?”
The Station · William Carleton · Chapter 1
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Often during the weeks that followed, she would repeat to herself, “Is it true, is it possible even?”
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1