repeats
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Noun
repeats noun
- An iteration; a repetition.“We gave up after the third repeat because it got boring.”
- A television program shown after its initial presentation; a rerun.
- A refill of a prescription.
- A pattern of nucleic acids that occur in multiple copies throughout a genome (or of amino acids in a protein).
Verb
repeats verb
- To do or say again (and again).“The scientists repeated the experiment in order to confirm the result.”
- To refill (a prescription).
- To happen again; recur.
- To echo the words of (a person).
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reiterationreoccurrenceredoreiteratereprisereworkreoccurrestateingeminaterepetitionretellrecurrecapitulateduplicatereplicateechotake overiterate
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