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REPEAT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An event that repeats

Example:

the events today were a repeat of yesterday's

Synonyms:

repeat; repetition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("repeat" is a kind of...):

periodic event; recurrent event (an event that recurs at intervals)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "repeat"):

sequence (several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys)

cycle (a periodically repeated sequence of events)

rematch; replay (something (especially a game) that is played again)

recurrence; return (happening again (especially at regular intervals))

Derivation:

repeat (happen or occur again)

repeat (to say, state, or perform again)

repeat (repeat an earlier theme of a composition)

repeat (make or do or perform again)

repeat (do over)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Happen or occur again

Example:

This is a recurring story

Synonyms:

recur; repeat

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "repeat" is one way to...):

come about; fall out; go on; hap; happen; occur; pass; pass off; take place (come to pass)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "repeat"):

iterate (run or be performed again)

cycle (recur in repeating sequences)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

repeat; repetition (an event that repeats)

repetitive (repetitive and persistent)

repetitive (characterized by repetition)

Sense 2

Meaning:

To say again or imitate

Example:

followers echoing the cries of their leaders

Synonyms:

echo; repeat

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "repeat" is one way to...):

emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "repeat"):

regurgitate; reproduce (repeat after memorization)

parrot (repeat mindlessly)

reecho (repeat back like an echo)

cuckoo (repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call)

recite (repeat aloud from memory)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sense 3

Meaning:

To say, state, or perform again

Example:

She kept reiterating her request

Synonyms:

ingeminate; iterate; reiterate; repeat; restate; retell

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "repeat" is one way to...):

tell (let something be known)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "repeat"):

perseverate (psychology: repeat a response after the cessation of the original stimulus)

ditto (repeat an action or statement)

dwell; harp (come back to)

interpret; render; translate (restate (words) from one language into another language)

paraphrase; rephrase; reword (express the same message in different words)

resume; sum up; summarise; summarize (give a summary (of))

cite; quote (repeat a passage from)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sentence example:

They won't repeat the story

Derivation:

repetition (the act of doing or performing again)

repeat (an event that repeats)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Repeat an earlier theme of a composition

Synonyms:

recapitulate; repeat; reprise; reprize

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "repeat" is one way to...):

play; spiel (replay (as a melody))

Domain category:

music (musical activity (singing or whistling etc.))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

repeat (an event that repeats)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Make or do or perform again

Example:

He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick

Synonyms:

double; duplicate; reduplicate; repeat; replicate

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "repeat" is one way to...):

reproduce (make a copy or equivalent of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "repeat"):

copy; replicate (reproduce or make an exact copy of)

recapitulate (repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life)

geminate; reduplicate (form by reduplication)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

repeat (an event that repeats)

repeater (someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior))

repeater (a person who repeats)

repeating; repetition (the act of doing or performing again)

repetitive (repetitive and persistent)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Do over

Example:

They would like to take it over again

Synonyms:

repeat; take over

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "repeat" is one way to...):

act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

repeat (an event that repeats)

repeater (a person who repeats)

repetitive (characterized by repetition)

Credits

 Context examples: 

This instrument consists of an interview that is given to both the patient and their caregiver by a clinician at a baseline visit and then is repeated at the 2, 6, and 12 month visits.

(Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study-Clinical Global Impression of Change Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

The repeats associate to form a higher order structure.

(Ankyrin Repeat, NCI Thesaurus)

The cook made repeated journeys to his bunk for money.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Loci number in the thousands but each locus shows a distinctive repeat unit.

(Minisatellite Repeat, NCI Thesaurus)

To her he soon turned, repeating much of what he had already said, with only a softened air and stronger expressions of regret.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

If no value is repeated, there is no mode.

(Mode, NCI Thesaurus)

A short sequence of DNA, usually 1 to 4 basepairs (a unit of DNA), that is repeated together in a row along the DNA molecule.

(Microsatellite, NCI Dictionary)

Upon repeated subcutaneous administration of the vaccine, autologous GM-CSF-secreting breast cancer cells secrete GM-CSF, which may stimulate a tumor-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) response.

(Autologous GM-CSF-Secreting Breast Cancer Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

"It is beautiful," she repeated, with emphasis, after a pause.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Depending on where the Roche limit is, this cycle may have repeated between three and seven times over billions of years.

(Does Mars Have Rings? Not Right Now, But Maybe One Day, NASA)