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repeats

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Noun

repeats noun

  1. An iteration; a repetition.“We gave up after the third repeat because it got boring.”
  2. A television program shown after its initial presentation; a rerun.
  3. A refill of a prescription.
  4. A pattern of nucleic acids that occur in multiple copies throughout a genome (or of amino acids in a protein).

Verb

repeats verb

  1. To do or say again (and again).“The scientists repeated the experiment in order to confirm the result.”
  2. To refill (a prescription).
  3. To happen again; recur.
  4. To echo the words of (a person).

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