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Definition of repeat :
1. A mark, or series of dots, placed before and after, or often only at the end of, a passage to be repeated in performance.
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. The act of repeating; repetition.
4. 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.
5. To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.
6. To repay or refund ( an excess received).
Synonyms:
relieve, reoccur, assume, double up, rehearse, reprise, retell, reconstruct, take over, borrow, retroflex, repetition, return, rebound, fictionalize, excerpt, double, ring, recall, go over, take up, reduplicate, do over, recap, rework, come again, take on, regurgitate, revert, resort, ingeminate, repeating, fictionalise, buy out, absorb, same, hold over, rehash, plagiarize, arrogate, extract, usurp, adopt, revolve, fall back, remake, buy up, double over, resound, renew, redo, paraphrase, twin, reciprocate, reecho, accept, restate, image, happen, harp on, geminate, reprize, seize, reverberate, go back, reappear, reform, bear, cite
imitate (part of speech: verb)
flatter, parrot, mock, impersonate, ape, parallel, mimic, imitate, echo, duplicate, replicate, pretend, parody, simulate, counterfeit, emulate, mime, feign, portray, resemble, reflect, ditto, copy, mirror
repeat (part of speech: verb)
recapitulate, recite, quote, iterate, recur, reproduce, reiterate
Usage examples:
- Remember ye have to repeat your catechism!" - "Sidonia The Sorceress V1", William Mienhold.
- You are right, I did, but I am not going to repeat what I heard; if it should come to his ears I should get into trouble about it. - "Heidi", Johanna Spyri.
- They walked towards it, they were almost at the door, but he would not repeat his question. - "The Happy Foreigner", Enid Bagnold.