repeat
To do or say again (and again).
Verb 4 meanings
To do or say again (and again).
“The scientists repeated the experiment in order to confirm the result.”
To refill (a prescription).
To happen again; recur.
“A day like that has not yet repeated itself.”
To echo the words of (a person).
Noun 4 meanings
An iteration; a repetition.
“We gave up after the third repeat because it got boring.”
A television program shown after its initial presentation; a rerun.
A refill of a prescription.
A pattern of nucleic acids that occur in multiple copies throughout a genome (or of amino acids in a protein).
Etymology
From Middle English repeten, from Old French repeter, from Latin repetō, from the prefix re- (“again”) + petō (“to attack, beseech”).
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REPEAT at a glance
REPEAT has 6 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (R 1 + E 1 + P 3 + E 1 + A 1 + T 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,017 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with repeat
All rhymesOne letter away
- REPEAL8
- REPENT8
- REHEAT9
- RESEAT6
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