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reciprocate
To give or take mutually; interchange:
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  1. To give or take mutually; interchange:
  2. To move back and forth alternately:
  3. To give, do, feel, etc. in return; return in kind or degree
duplicate
To make or perform again; repeat:
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  1. To make or perform again; repeat:
  2. To become duplicate.
reflect
To mirror, or show the image of something.
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  1. To mirror, or show the image of something.
  2. To give something back, as light or sound:
  3. To express carefully considered thoughts:
redo
To do over again.
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  1. To do over again.
  2. To redecorate:
  3. To redecorate (a room, etc.)
remake
To make again or anew
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  1. To make again or anew
  2. (Video games) To make an enhanced remake of (a computer or video game).
rehash
To discuss (the details of a past event).
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  1. To discuss (the details of a past event).
  2. To bring forth again in another form without significant alteration:
  3. To rework old material (physical material, ideas, documents etc), redo some work, with some variations.
return
To give, send, or do (something equivalent to what has been given, sent, or done); give, send, or do in requital or reciprocation
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  1. To give, send, or do (something equivalent to what has been given, sent, or done); give, send, or do in requital or reciprocation
  2. To go or come back, as to an earlier condition or place:
  3. To send, put, or carry back:
rework
To subject to a repeated or new process.
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  1. To subject to a repeated or new process.
  2. To process (something used) for use again
  3. To work over again; revise.
reform
To induce or persuade (a person) to give up harmful or immoral practices; cause to adopt a better way of life.
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  1. To induce or persuade (a person) to give up harmful or immoral practices; cause to adopt a better way of life.
  2. To improve by alteration, correction of error, or removal of defects; put into a better form or condition:
  3. To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits; as, a person of settled habits of vice will seldom reform.
refashion
To fashion again or anew.
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  1. To fashion again or anew.
recast
To set down or present (ideas, for example) in a new or different arrangement:
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  1. To set down or present (ideas, for example) in a new or different arrangement:
  2. To improve the form of by redoing; reconstruct
  3. To change the cast of (a theatrical production).
reduplicate
To be or become reduplicated
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  1. To be or become reduplicated
  2. To double (a root syllable or other element) so as to form an inflected or derived form of a word (as tom-tom), sometimes with certain changes, as of the vowel (as in chitchat)
  3. (Linguistics) To repeat a word or section of a word in order to form a new word or phrase, possibly with modification of one of the repetitions.
reproduce
To produce a copy, imitation, or representation of:
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  1. To produce a copy, imitation, or representation of:
  2. To produce offspring; bring forth others of its kind
  3. To produce again or anew; re-create:
replicate
To become replicated; undergo replication:
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  1. To become replicated; undergo replication:
  2. To repeat, duplicate, copy, reproduce, etc.
  3. To repeat a scientific experiment to confirm findings or ensure accuracy.
renew
To bring into being again; reestablish.
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  1. To bring into being again; reestablish.
  2. To take up again; resume:
  3. To arrange for the extension of:
reconstruct
To assemble or build again mentally; re-create:
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  1. To assemble or build again mentally; re-create:
  2. (Linguistics) To deduce the form and properties of (a protolanguage or an unattested word) based on evidence from attested languages, such as cognate words.
  3. To build up, from remaining parts or other evidence, a concept or reproduction of (something in its original or complete form)
revert
To go back in action, thought, speech, etc.; return, as to a former practice, opinion, state, or subject
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  1. To go back in action, thought, speech, etc.; return, as to a former practice, opinion, state, or subject
  2. (Law) To return (an estate, for example) to the grantor or the grantor's heirs or successor.
  3. To return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief.
recur
To return in thought or discourse:
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  1. To return in thought or discourse:
  2. To return to one's attention or memory:
  3. To return, as in thought, talk, or memory
revolve
To move in a circle or orbit around a point
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  1. To move in a circle or orbit around a point
  2. To cause to travel in a circle or orbit
  3. To turn on an axis; rotate.
come-again
(Idiomatic, informal) Could you repeat that? Repeat that please. a polite formula used when one has not heard or understood what has been said
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  1. (Idiomatic, informal) Could you repeat that? Repeat that please. a polite formula used when one has not heard or understood what has been said
  2. (Idiomatic) Used as a polite farewell to a visitor, inviting a return visit.
return
To give, send, or do (something equivalent to what has been given, sent, or done); give, send, or do in requital or reciprocation
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  1. To give, send, or do (something equivalent to what has been given, sent, or done); give, send, or do in requital or reciprocation
  2. To give back to the owner:
  3. To send, put, or carry back:
reiterate
To repeat (something done or said); say or do again or repeatedly
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  1. To repeat (something done or said); say or do again or repeatedly
  2. To say or do (something) for a second time, such as for emphasis.
iterate
To utter or do again or repeatedly
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  1. To utter or do again or repeatedly
  2. To say or perform again; repeat.
restate
To state again or in a new form.
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  1. To state again or in a new form.
  2. To state again (without changing)
  3. To state again, esp. in a different way
recapitulate
To repeat briefly, as in an outline; summarize
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  1. To repeat briefly, as in an outline; summarize
  2. (Biology) To appear to repeat the evolutionary stages of the species during the embryonic development of the individual organism.
  3. To repeat in concise form; summarize.
reissue
To issue again
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  1. To issue again
  2. To issue again, especially to make available again.
  3. In patent law: to permit a patent with ministerial errors to be corrected and enforced for the remainder of the original term of the patent.
republish
(Law) To execute (a will once revoked) a second time
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  1. (Law) To execute (a will once revoked) a second time
  2. (Law) To repeat (a slanderous or libelous statement) that one has heard or read.
  3. To publish once again; to print and distribute copies of a work that has previously been printed and distributed.
echo
A repeated sound that is caused by the reflection of sound waves from a surface. The sound is heard more than once because of the time difference between the initial production of the sound waves and their return from the reflecting surface.
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  1. A repeated sound that is caused by the reflection of sound waves from a surface. The sound is heard more than once because of the time difference between the initial production of the sound waves and their return from the reflecting surface.
  2. To repeat the words, etc. of (another person)
  3. To repeat (another's words, ideas, etc.)
recite
To tell in detail; give an account of; narrate; relate
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  1. To tell in detail; give an account of; narrate; relate
  2. To repeat or utter aloud (something memorized or rehearsed), often before an audience:
  3. To repeat or say aloud from or as from memory, esp. in a formal way; give a recitation on (a lesson) in class or of (a poem, speech, etc.) before an audience
reecho
To reverberate
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  1. To reverberate
  2. To sound back or reverberate.
parrot
To repeat or imitate, especially without understanding.
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  1. To repeat or imitate, especially without understanding.
  2. To repeat (exactly what has just been said) without necessarily showing understanding, in the manner of a parrot.
regurgitate
To cause to pour back, especially to cast up (partially digested food).
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  1. To cause to pour back, especially to cast up (partially digested food).
  2. To repeat (facts or other learned items) from memory with little reflection.
  3. (Informal) To repeat (information, an idea, etc.) without modification, interpretation, etc.
rehearse
To practice by recitation or repetition in private for experiment and improvement, prior to a public representation; as, to rehearse a tragedy.
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  1. To practice by recitation or repetition in private for experiment and improvement, prior to a public representation; as, to rehearse a tragedy.
  2. To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite.
  3. To drill or train (a person) by rehearsal
retell
To count again.
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  1. To count again.
  2. To relate or tell again or in a different form.
  3. To tell again, to paraphrase, to tell something one has read or heard.
rehash
To discuss (the details of a past event).
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  1. To discuss (the details of a past event).
  2. To rework old material (physical material, ideas, documents etc), redo some work, with some variations.
  3. To bring forth again in another form without significant alteration:
go over
(Idiomatic) To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze.
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  1. (Idiomatic) To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze.
  2. (Idiomatic) To create a response or impression.
  3. (Rugby) To score a try
quote
To refer to as authority or an example; cite
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  1. To refer to as authority or an example; cite
  2. To reproduce or repeat (a passage from a book, a statement, etc.)
  3. To repeat or copy the words of (a person or a book or other source):
copy
To hear clearly or understand something said by radio communication:
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  1. To hear clearly or understand something said by radio communication:
  2. (Informal) To provide (someone) with a copy of a specified document, text, etc.
  3. To include as an additional recipient of a written communication:
imitate
To use or follow as a model:
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  1. To use or follow as a model:
  2. To copy exactly; reproduce:
  3. To copy (mannerisms or speech):
perseverate
To experience or display perseveration
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  1. To experience or display perseveration
  2. Describing the behavior, generally displayed by those with various developmental disabilities, of extraordinary, exclusive and lasting obsession to a detail or occurrence others consider minor.
  3. To repeat or continue a pattern.
come-again
(Idiomatic) Used as a polite farewell to a visitor, inviting a return visit.
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  1. (Idiomatic) Used as a polite farewell to a visitor, inviting a return visit.
  2. (Idiomatic, informal) Could you repeat that? Repeat that please. a polite formula used when one has not heard or understood what has been said
iterate
To utter or do again or repeatedly
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  1. To utter or do again or repeatedly
  2. To say or perform again; repeat.
reiterate
To say or do again or repeatedly.
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  1. To say or do again or repeatedly.
  2. To say or do (something) for a second time, such as for emphasis.
  3. To say or do (something) repeatedly
restate
To state again or in a new form.
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  1. To state again or in a new form.
  2. To state again (without changing)
  3. To state again, esp. in a different way
echo
To repeat or reflect (sound) from a surface
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  1. To repeat or reflect (sound) from a surface
  2. A wave that carries a signal and is reflected. Echoes of radio signals (carried by electromagnetic waves) are used in radar to detect the location or velocity of distant objects.
  3. To resound with an echo; reverberate
rebound
To give back an echo.
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  1. To give back an echo.
  2. To cause to rebound.
  3. To return (a sound)
reecho
To reverberate
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  1. To reverberate
  2. To sound back or reverberate.
resound
To echo or be filled with sound; reverberate
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  1. To echo or be filled with sound; reverberate
  2. To give back (sound); echo
  3. To give forth, utter, or repeat loudly
reverberate
To cause (a sound) to reecho
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  1. To cause (a sound) to reecho
  2. To subject (a metal, for example) to treatment in a reverberatory furnace.
  3. To reflect (light, etc.)
echo
A repeated sound that is caused by the reflection of sound waves from a surface. The sound is heard more than once because of the time difference between the initial production of the sound waves and their return from the reflecting surface.
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  1. A repeated sound that is caused by the reflection of sound waves from a surface. The sound is heard more than once because of the time difference between the initial production of the sound waves and their return from the reflecting surface.
  2. To repeat (another's words, ideas, etc.)
  3. A wave that carries a signal and is reflected. Echoes of radio signals (carried by electromagnetic waves) are used in radar to detect the location or velocity of distant objects.
image
To describe, especially so vividly as to evoke a mental picture:
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  1. To describe, especially so vividly as to evoke a mental picture:
  2. (Computers) To print (a file) using a laser printer, imagesetter, direct-to-plate press, or similar device.
  3. To reflect; mirror
imitate
To seek to follow the example of; take as one's model or pattern
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  1. To seek to follow the example of; take as one's model or pattern
  2. To use or follow as a model:
  3. To be or become like in appearance; resemble
mimic
To produce symptoms like those of a given disease.
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  1. To produce symptoms like those of a given disease.
  2. To copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression, and gesture:
  3. To have a similar structure, action, or effect as:
mirror
To reflect, as in a mirror; give or show a likeness of
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  1. To reflect, as in a mirror; give or show a likeness of
  2. An object that causes light or other radiation to be reflected from its surface, with little or no diffusion. Common mirrors consist of a thin sheet or film of metal, such as silver, behind or covering a glass pane. Mirrors are used extensively in telescopes, microscopes, lasers, fiber optics, measuring instruments, and many other devices.
  3. To reflect in or as if in a mirror:
parrot
To repeat (exactly what has just been said) without necessarily showing understanding, in the manner of a parrot.
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  1. To repeat (exactly what has just been said) without necessarily showing understanding, in the manner of a parrot.
  2. To repeat or imitate, especially without understanding.
reflect
To bend back (light, etc.) from a surface.
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  1. To bend back (light, etc.) from a surface.
  2. To give something back, as light or sound:
  3. To mirror, or show the image of something.
duplicate
To become duplicate.
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  1. To become duplicate.
  2. To make or perform again; repeat:
redo
To do over again.
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  1. To do over again.
  2. To redecorate:
  3. To redecorate (a room, etc.)

Synonym Study

  • Recapitulate suggests a concise repetition of the main points in a discourse in summarizing to recapitulate last week's lecture
  • Re iterate and the less common iterate both imply repeating either once or several times, but reiterate more strongly suggests insistent repetition over and over again he kept reiterating his innocence
  • Repeat is the common, general word meaning to say, do, make, present, etc. over again will you repeat that question, please?
Find another word for repeat. In this page you can discover 79 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for repeat, like: reciprocate, duplicate, reflect, redo, remake, do-over, play over, rehash, return, rework and reform.

Sentence Examples

  • He had to repeat the question.

  • Could you repeat that?

  • She has made me repeat the story of little Red Riding Hood so often that I believe I could say it backward.

  • The cage is then lifted by the engine clear of the keeps, which are opened by a lever worked by hand, and the empty tubs start on the return trip. When the cage has several decks, it is necessary to repeat this operation for each, unless there is a special provision made for loading and discharging the tubs at different levels.

  • And I repeat – not that it's any of your business.

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