repeat : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: repeat	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for repeat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
repeat n an event that repeats; "the events today were a repeat of yesterday's" Synonym(s): repeat, repetition v to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request" Synonym(s): repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick" Synonym(s): duplicate, reduplicate, double, repeat, replicate happen or occur again; "This is a recurring story" Synonym(s): recur, repeat to say again or imitate; "followers echoing the cries of their leaders" Synonym(s): repeat, echo do over; "They would like to take it over again" Synonym(s): repeat, take over repeat an earlier theme of a composition Synonym(s): reprise, reprize, repeat, recapitulate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repeat \Repeat"\ (r?-p?t"), n. 1. The act of repeating; repetition. 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.). 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repeat \Repeat"\ (-p?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Repeated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Repeating}.] [F. r[82]p[82]ter, L. repetere; pref. re- re- + petere to fall upon, attack. See {Petition}.] 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. [bd]I will repeat our former communication.[b8] --Robynson (More's Utopia). Not well conceived of God; who, though his power Creation could repeat, yet would be loth Us to abolish. --Milton. 2. To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again. [Obs.] --Waller. 3. (Scots Law) To repay or refund (an excess received). {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. Syn: To reiterate; iterate; renew; recite; relate; rehearse; recapitulate. See {Reiterate}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
repeat {repeat loop}