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repeats

The correct spelling is repeats.

How to pronounce repeats

noun

Say it like: Rep-eet-s

The correct spelling is repeats. An iteration; a repetition. For example: "We gave up after the third repeat because it got boring."

Usage Examples

We gave up after the third repeat because it got boring.

The scientists repeated the experiment in order to confirm the result.

Add 100, left 50. Repeat, over.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.An iteration; a repetition.
  2. 2.A television program shown after its initial presentation; a rerun.
  3. 3.A refill of a prescription.
  4. 4.A pattern of nucleic acids that occur in multiple copies throughout a genome (or of amino acids in a protein).
  5. 5.A mark in music notation directing a part to be repeated.

verb

  1. 1.To do or say again (and again).
  2. 2.To refill (a prescription).
  3. 3.To happen again; recur.
  4. 4.To echo the words of (a person).
  5. 5.To strike the hours, as a watch does.

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