Collins English-English Dictionary

repeat [rɪ'piːt]

1. 1. vb [when tr, may take a clause as object] to say or write (something) again, either once or several times; restate or reiterate

2. 2. vb to do or experience (something) again once or several times

3. 3. vi. [intr] to occur more than once

   the last figure repeats

4. 4. vt. [tr; may take a clause as object] to reproduce (the words, sounds, etc) uttered by someone else; echo

5. 5. vt. [tr] to utter (a poem, speech, etc) from memory; recite

6. 6. vi. [intr] (of food) to be tasted again after ingestion as the result of belching or slight regurgitation

7. 7. vi. to belch

8. 8. vt. [tr; may take a clause as object] to tell to another person (the words, esp secrets, imparted to one by someone else)

9. 9. vi. [intr] (of a clock) to strike the hour or quarter-hour just past, when a spring is pressed

10. 10. vi. [intr] [US] to vote (illegally) more than once in a single election

11. 11. n the act or an instance of repeating

12. 12. n (as modifier)

    a repeat performance

13. 13. n a word, action, etc, that is repeated

14. 14. n an order made out for goods, provisions, etc, that duplicates a previous order

15. 15. n a duplicate copy of something; reproduction

16. 16. n [radio] [Television] a further broadcast of a programme, film, etc, which has been broadcast before

17. 17. n [music] a passage that is an exact restatement of the passage preceding it

18. 18. n [Etymology] C14: from Old French repeter, from Latin repetere to seek again, from re- + petere to seek

19. 19. adj [Usage] Since again is part of the meaning of repeat, one should not say something is repeated again