[syn: reprise, reprize, repeat, recapitulate]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Repeat \Re*peat"\ (-p?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repeated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Repeating.] [F. r['e]p['e]ter, L. repetere;
pref. re- re- + petere to fall upon, attack. See Petition.]
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1. To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to
iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or
a poem. "I will repeat our former communication."
--Robynson (More's Utopia).
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Not well conceived of God; who, though his power
Creation could repeat, yet would be loth
Us to abolish. --Milton.
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2. To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.
[Obs.] --Waller.
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3. (Scots Law) To repay or refund (an excess received).
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To repeat one's self, to do or say what one has already
done or said.
To repeat signals, to make the same signals again;
specifically, to communicate, by repeating them, the
signals shown at headquarters.
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Syn: To reiterate; iterate; renew; recite; relate; rehearse;
recapitulate. See Reiterate.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Repeat \Re*peat"\ (r?-p?t"), n.
1. The act of repeating; repetition.
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2. That which is repeated; as, the repeat of a pattern; that
is, the repetition of the engraved figure on a roller by
which an impression is produced (as in calico printing,
etc.).
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3. (Mus.) A mark, or series of dots, placed before and after,
or often only at the end of, a passage to be repeated in
performance.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
repeat
n 1: an event that repeats; "the events today were a repeat of
yesterday's" [syn: repeat, repetition]
v 1: to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her
request" [syn: repeat, reiterate, ingeminate,
iterate, restate, retell]
2: make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his
brilliant performance of the magic trick" [syn: duplicate,
reduplicate, double, repeat, replicate]
3: happen or occur again; "This is a recurring story" [syn:
recur, repeat]
4: to say again or imitate; "followers echoing the cries of
their leaders" [syn: repeat, echo]
5: do over; "They would like to take it over again" [syn:
repeat, take over]
6: repeat an earlier theme of a composition [syn: reprise,
reprize, repeat, recapitulate]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
repeat loop
do loop
do while
repeat
(Or "do loop", "repeat until") A loop
construct found in many procedural languages which
repeatedly executes some instructions while a condition is
true.
Repeat loops are found in Perl, Pascal, BASIC and C.
The initial keyword may be "repeat" or "do" and the
condition may be introduced with a "while" or "until" keyword.
In constrast to a while loop, the "loop body" is executed
once before the condition is tested. This is useful when the
condition depends on the action of the loop body. In the
following, "Hello" is printed once despite the fact that the
condition is false;
i = 2;
do
print "Hello"
i = i + 1
while (i < 1);
See also while loop, for loop, loop-and-a-half.
(1999-05-06)