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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
repeat/rɪˈpiːt/

▶verb

1 say again.
■ (repeat oneself) say or do the same thing again.

2 do again or more than once.
■ (repeat itself) occur again in the same way: history has repeated itself.

3 chiefly Brit. (of food) be tasted after being swallowed, as a result of indigestion.

▶noun

1 an instance of repeating or being repeated.
■ [as modifier] occurring, done, or used more than once: a repeat prescription.

2 a repeated broadcast of a television or radio programme.

3 a consignment of goods similar to one already received.

4 a decorative pattern which is repeated uniformly over a surface.

5 Music a passage intended to be repeated.
■ a mark indicating this.

– derivatives
repeatability noun,
repeatable adjective,
repeated adjective,
repeatedly adverb,
repeater noun,
repeating adjective.

– origin ME: from OFr. repeter, from L. repetere, from re- ‘back’ + petere ‘seek’.

'repeating' also found in these Oxford entries:

diaper - direct speech - fret - goffer - oligomer - oversampling - phase - pump-action - repeat - repeating decimal - repetend - repetition - satellite - tautology - Winchester

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