repeats

We have found lemma(root) word of repeats : repeat.

Definitions


[rɪˈpiːt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- say again something one has already said
(e.g: ‘Are you hurt?’ he repeated)

- do (something) again or more than once
(e.g: earlier experiments were repeated on a larger scale)

- (of food) be tasted intermittently for some time after being swallowed as a result of belching or indigestion
(e.g: that cucumber repeated on me for hours)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French repeter, from Latin repetere, from re- ‘back’ + petere ‘seek’


[rɪˈpiːt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- something that occurs or is done again
(e.g: the final will be a repeat of last year)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French repeter, from Latin repetere, from re- ‘back’ + petere ‘seek’




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