Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to repeat
Participle: repeated
Gerund: repeating
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | repeat |
| you | repeat |
| he;she;it | repeats |
| we | repeat |
| you | repeat |
| they | repeat |
Perfect
| I | have repeated |
| you | have repeated |
| he;she;it | has repeated |
| we | have repeated |
| you | have repeated |
| they | have repeated |
Past
| I | repeated |
| you | repeated |
| he;she;it | repeated |
| we | repeated |
| you | repeated |
| they | repeated |
Pluperfect
| I | had repeated |
| you | had repeated |
| he;she;it | had repeated |
| we | had repeated |
| you | had repeated |
| they | had repeated |
Future
| I | will repeat |
| you | will repeat |
| he;she;it | will repeat |
| we | will repeat |
| you | will repeat |
| they | will repeat |
Future Perfect
| I | will have repeated |
| you | will have repeated |
| he;she;it | will have repeated |
| we | will have repeated |
| you | will have repeated |
| they | will have repeated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | repeat |
| you | repeat |
| he;she;it | repeat |
| we | repeat |
| you | repeat |
| they | repeat |
Perfect
| I | have repeated |
| you | have repeated |
| he;she;it | have repeated |
| we | have repeated |
| you | have repeated |
| they | have repeated |
Imperfect
| I | repeated |
| you | repeated |
| he;she;it | repeated |
| we | repeated |
| you | repeated |
| they | repeated |
Pluperfect
| I | had repeated |
| you | had repeated |
| he;she;it | had repeated |
| we | had repeated |
| you | had repeated |
| they | had repeated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would repeat |
| you | would repeat |
| he;she;it | would repeat |
| we | would repeat |
| you | would repeat |
| they | would repeat |
Perfect
| I | would have repeated |
| you | would have repeated |
| he;she;it | would have repeated |
| we | would have repeated |
| you | would have repeated |
| they | would have repeated |
Imperative
| you | repeat |
| we | Let's repeat |
| you | repeat |
Verbs conjugated like 'repeat'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'repeat'
reheat,
repeal,
repent,
replat,
repleat,
reseat,
bepat,
bepelt,
defeat,
deheat,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to happen again
- recourse, recur, rehappen, reoccur
- to do or say again
- reiterate
- to recur
- recourse
- To recur, or break out anew after a dormant period.
- recrudesce
- to utter or do a second time or many times
- iterate, reiterate, reprise
- restate
- reiterate, echo, relate, reprise, recapitulate, reproduce, recite, rehearse
- recur
- duplicate, reproduce, revert, return, redo
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1375, from O.Fr.
repeter "say or do again, get back, demand the return of" (13c.), from L.
repetere "do or say again, attack again," from
re- "again" +
petere "go toward, seek, demand, attack" (see petition). Specific meaning "to take a course of education over again" is recorded from 1945, Amer.Eng. The noun is first recorded 1556.
2. From Middle English repeten, from Old French repeter, from Latin repetō, from the prefix re- (“again”) + petō (“to attack, beseech”). See: Old French '
repeter', Latin '
repetō'.
Verbs referencing "repeat"
Esperanto
ripeti.
Sample Sentences
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‘The same process was then repeated with all the articles which she could handle; and she very easily learned to place the proper labels upon them. It was evident, however, that the only intellectual exercise was that of imitation [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] proper labels upon them. It was evident, however, that the only intellectual exercise was that of imitation and memory. She recollected that the label book was placed upon a book, and she repeated the process first from imitation, next from memory, with only the motive of love of approbation, but apparently without the intellectual perception of any relation between the things.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Another special favorite had oft repeated the words —
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] and with Laura for an auxiliary, I sat down, and taking his hand, placed it upon one of them, and then with my own, made the letters key. He felt my hands eagerly with both of his, and on my repeating the process, he evidently tried to imitate the motions of my fingers. In a few minutes he contrived to feel the motions of my fingers with one hand, and holding out the other he tried to imitate [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ I wonder what keeps Eliza, ” said Mrs. Shelby, after giving her bell repeated pulls, to no purpose.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] excitement, the Lecture, it has at least the merit of being always new. One lecture treads so quickly on the heels of another, that none are remembered; and the course of this month may be safely repeated next, with its charm of novelty unbroken, and its interest unabated.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ Tend to yer soul ! ” repeated Tom, contemptuously; “ take a bright lookout to find a soul in you,—save yourself any care on that score. If the devil sifts you through a hair sieve, he won't find one. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] and he considers himself fairly extinguished; — child cries, and Cudjoe on the outside delivers animated addresses to the horses, who are kicking, and floundering, and straining under repeated cracks of the whip. Carriage springs up, with another bounce,—down go the hind wheels,—senator, woman, and child, fly over on to the back seat, his elbows encountering her bonnet, and both her feet [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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The lady said “ Indeed ! ” yawned, and looked out the cabin window, and finally repeated, for a finale, the remark with which she had begun,—“After all, I think they are better off than they would be to be free. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Tonight ! ” Eliza repeated, “ tonight ! ” The words lost all meaning to her; her head was dreamy and confused; all was mist for a moment.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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(REPEATING REVERENTLY ) - What ? - You are Simple Jack.
(Tropic Thunder)
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Show the way -I 'm coming, wait from me -Show the way -I hear the wall repeating -Show the way
(Hadestown: The Musical)