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- pronunciation:
- rih
pit
- parts of speech:
- verb, noun
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
repeats, repeating, repeated |
| definition 1: |
When you repeat something you said, you say it again.
When we don't understand something, our teacher usually repeats what she said.The song repeated the same words over and over again.- similar words:
- rehearse
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| definition 2: |
When you repeat what someone says, you say it after they do.
Our class repeated the Spanish words that our teacher read to us.- synonyms:
- echo
- similar words:
- mimic
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| definition 3: |
When you repeat what your friend said, you tell what your friend said to someone else.
Parker told me not to repeat his secret to anyone else.- synonyms:
- relate, tell
- similar words:
- recite, reveal
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| definition 4: |
Sometimes when you repeat something, it means that you do it again. When you repeat your trip to the zoo, you go to the zoo again.
Mandy made sure not to repeat the mistake of keeping the cookies in the oven too long. She was so upset when she burned them last time. |
| related words: |
narrate, practice, quote, report |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
A repeat is something that happens again. If you watch a repeat of a television program, you are watching a program that has been shown on TV before.
I don't mind watching repeats of my favorite old TV shows. I like to see them again.- synonyms:
- repetition
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| derivations: |
repeatable (adj.), repeatability (n.) |
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