1. To say, state, or perform again
   "She kept repeating her request";
   - reiterate, ingeminate [archaic], iterate, restate, retell
    
2. To say again or imitate
   "followers repeating the cries of their leaders";
   - echo
    
3. Make, do or perform again
   "He could never repeat his brilliant performance of the magic trick";
   - duplicate, reduplicate, double, replicate
    
4. Happen or occur again
   "This is a repeating story";
   - recur, reoccur
    
5. (music) repeat an earlier theme of a composition
   "The violins repeat the main melody";
   - reprise, recapitulate

1. Something that is repeated
   "the events today were a repeat of yesterday's";
   - repetition
    
2. A rebroadcast of a TV or radio program
   "I missed the show but caught the repeat next week"

Derived forms: repeating, repeated, repeats

Type of: come about, emit, fall out, go on, hap [archaic], happen, let loose, let out, occur, pass, pass off, periodic event, play, recurrent event, reproduce, spiel, take place, tell, utter

Encyclopedia: Repeat