repeat

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}]
    

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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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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repeat loop
do loop
repeat

   <programming> (Or "do loop") 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 BASIC loop "Hello" is printed once despite the fact
   that the condition is false;

    i = 2
    repeat
      print "Hello"
      i = i+1
    until i>0

   See also {while loop} and {for loop}.

   (1999-05-06)
    

149 Moby Thesaurus words for "repeat":
      act like, affect, alternate, assume, be here again, bis, bob,
      borrow, burden, chant, chime, chorus, circle, come again,
      come and go, come around, come round, come round again,
      come up again, commit to memory, con, copy, counterfeit, crib,
      cycle, din, ditto, do, do a repeat, do again, do like, do over,
      double, dupe, duplicate, duplication, echo, encore, fake, forge,
      geminate, get by heart, get letter-perfect, go back, go like, harp,
      hash over, have by heart, hoke, hoke up, imitate, ingeminate,
      intermit, iterate, keep coming, know by heart, learn by heart,
      learn verbatim, make like, make over, memorize, mirror,
      multiply by two, oscillate, parrot, plagiarize, pulsate, pulse,
      quote, re-create, re-form, reappear, rebroadcast, rebuild, recap,
      recapitulate, recite, reconstitute, reconstruct, recount, recur,
      redesign, redo, redouble, reduplicate, reecho, reestablish,
      refashion, reflect, refound, refrain, regenerate, regurgitate,
      rehash, rehearse, reincarnate, reinstitute, reissue, reiterate,
      relate, remake, renew, renovate, reoccur, reorganize,
      repeat by heart, repeat performance, repetend, repetition, replay,
      replaying, replica, replicate, replication, reprint, reprise,
      reproduce, reproduction, rerun, resay, reshape, resound, restate,
      restore, restructure, resume, resurrect, retell, return,
      return match, reverberate, revert, revise, revive, revolve, ring,
      ritornello, roll around, rotate, say again, simulate, study,
      swot up, turn, twin, undersong, undulate, wheel, wheel around