repeat

An iteration; a repetition.

Noun

An iteration; a repetition.
- We gave up after the third repeat because it got boring.
- "You have just sent a telegram to Brookbend Cottage," he said to the young lady behind the brasswork lattice. "We think it may have come inaccurately and should like a repeat." - 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:
A television program shown after its initial presentation; a rerun.
A refill of a prescription.
A pattern of nucleic acids that occur in multiple copies throughout a genome (or of amino acids in a protein).
A mark in music notation directing a part to be repeated.

From Middle English repeten, from Old French repeter, from Latin repetō, from the prefix re- (“again”) + petō (“to attack, beseech”).

To do or say again (and again).
- The scientists repeated the experiment in order to confirm the result.
- I'll tell you my secret, but first promise me you won't repeat it to anyone else!
- I don't mind talking about the incident, but one gets tired of repeating themself after the hundredth time.
To refill (a prescription).
To happen again; recur.
- A day like that has not yet repeated itself.
To echo the words of (a person).
- Their rationale with repeating me was that the prior program had not been of sufficient quality to teach me the error of my ways. - 2008, Ken Jensen, Ronda Del Boccio, It Takes Guts to Be Me: How an Ex-marine Beat...
To strike the hours, as a watch does.
To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.
- He[…] repeats the danger of the burning town. - a. 1687, Edmund Waller, The Battel of the Summer Islands:
To repay or refund (an excess received).
To call in a previous artillery fire mission with the same ammunition and method either on the coordinates or adjusted either because destruction of the target was insufficient or missed.
- Add 100, left 50. Repeat, over.
- Use "say again" instead of repeat on the radio. Repeat will bring in artillery fire.
To commit fraud in an election by voting more than once for the same candidate.