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English noun: repeat | |||
| 1. | repeat (event) an event that repeats | ||
| Samples | The events today were a repeat of yesterday's. | ||
| Synonyms | repetition | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | periodic event, recurrent event | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cycle, recurrence, rematch, replay, return, sequence | ||
English verb: repeat | |||
| 1. | repeat (communication) to say, state, or perform again | ||
| Samples | She kept reiterating her request. | ||
| Examples | They won't repeat the story | ||
| Synonyms | ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, restate, retell | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | tell | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cite, ditto, dwell, harp, interpret, paraphrase, perseverate, quote, render, rephrase, resume, reword, sum up, summarise, summarize, translate | ||
| 2. | repeat (creation) make or do or perform again | ||
| Samples | He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick. | ||
| Synonyms | double, duplicate, reduplicate, replicate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | reproduce | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | copy, geminate, recapitulate, reduplicate, replicate | ||
| 3. | repeat (change) happen or occur again | ||
| Samples | This is a recurring story. | ||
| Synonyms | recur | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cycle, iterate | ||
| 4. | repeat (communication) to say again or imitate | ||
| Samples | Followers echoing the cries of their leaders. | ||
| Synonyms | echo | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | emit, let loose, let out, utter | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cuckoo, parrot, recite, reecho, regurgitate, reproduce | ||
| 5. | repeat (social) do over | ||
| Samples | They would like to take it over again. | ||
| Synonyms | take over | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | act, move | ||
| 6. | repeat (creation) repeat an earlier theme of a composition | ||
| Synonyms | recapitulate, reprise, reprize | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | play, spiel | ||
| Domain category | music | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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