Laxi Dictionary

English Dictionary

Define dictionary terms easily in our powerful online English dictionary.

Searching for...

No matching words found

Try a different search term or browse the dictionary

Definition repeat in British English

repeat noun

[countable] noun
/rɪˈpiːt/
1

a television or radio programme that is broadcast again

Example

There's nothing but repeats on TV tonight.

Synonyms and related words
box set breakfast television broadcast
2

an event, action, situation etc that happens again or is similar to one that happened before

Example

Police fear a repeat of last weekend's riots.

Example

We don't want a repeat performance of yesterday's argument, do we?

Synonyms and related words
copy equivalent parallel
3

a particular passage of music played again, or the symbol that tells a musician to do this

Synonyms and related words
accompaniment arpeggio breakbeat adagio allegro andante
Definition repeat in British English