Dictionary entry details
• REPEAT (noun)
Meaning:
An event that repeats
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
repeat; repetition
Context example:
the events today were a repeat of yesterday's
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))
• REPEAT (verb)
Meaning:
To say, state, or perform again
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
ingeminate; iterate; reiterate; repeat; restate; retell
Context example:
She kept reiterating her request
Hypernyms (to "repeat" is one way to...):
tell (let something be known)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "repeat"):
cite; quote (repeat a passage from)
resume; sum up; summarise; summarize (give a summary (of))
paraphrase; rephrase; reword (express the same message in different words)
interpret; render; translate (restate (words) from one language into another language)
dwell; harp (come back to)
ditto (repeat an action or statement)
perseverate (psychology: repeat a response after the cessation of the original stimulus)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sentence example:
They won't repeat the story
Meaning:
Make or do or perform again
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
duplicate; reduplicate; repeat; replicate; double
Context example:
He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick
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
Meaning:
Happen or occur again
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
recur; repeat
Context example:
This is a recurring story
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
Meaning:
To say again or imitate
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
echo; repeat
Context example:
followers echoing the cries of their leaders
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
Meaning:
Do over
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
repeat; take over
Context example:
They would like to take it over again
Hypernyms (to "repeat" is one way to...):
act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Repeat an earlier theme of a composition
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
reprise; reprize; recapitulate; repeat
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
