repeats

noun

An iteration; a repetition.

A television program shown after its initial presentation; a rerun.

(medicine, pharmacy) A refill of a prescription.

(music) A mark in music notation directing a part to be repeated.

(genetics, biochemistry) A pattern of nucleic acids that occur in multiple copies throughout a genome (or of amino acids in a protein).

verb

(transitive) To do or say again (and again).

(intransitive) To happen again; recur.

(transitive) To echo the words of (a person).

(transitive, medicine, pharmacy) To refill (a prescription).

(intransitive) To strike the hours, as a watch does.

(law, Scotland) To repay or refund (an excess received).

(procedure word, military) To call in a previous artillery fire mission with the same ammunition and method either on the coordinates or adjusted either because destruction of the target was insufficient or missed.

To commit fraud in an election by voting more than once for the same candidate.

(obsolete) To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.

Roots

petopeat- · Latin · seek, strive

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Where does repeats come from?

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