(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ something, you say or write it again. You can say I ~ to show that you feel strongly about what you are ~ing.
He ~ed that he had been mis-quoted...
The Libyan leader Colonel Gadaffi ~ed his call for the release of hostages...
‘You fool,’ she kept ~ing.
VERB: V that, V n, V with quote
2.
If you ~ something that someone else has said or written, you say or write the same thing, or tell it to another person.
She had an irritating habit of ~ing everything I said to her...
I trust you not to ~ that to anyone else...
Now, brother, ~ after me, ‘All praise to Allah, Lord of All the Worlds’.
VERB: V n, V n to n, V after n with quote
3.
If you ~ yourself, you say something which you have said before, usually by mistake.
Then he started rambling and ~ing himself.
VERB: V pron-refl
4.
If you ~ an action, you do it again.
The next day I ~ed the procedure...
Hold this position for 30 seconds, release and ~ on the other side.
VERB: V n, V
5.
If an event or series of events ~s itself, it happens again.
The UN will have to work hard to stop history ~ing itself...
VERB: V pron-refl
6.
If there is a ~ of an event, usually an undesirable event, it happens again.
There were fears that there might be a ~ of last year’s campaign of strikes.
= repetition
N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N of n
7.
If a company gets ~ business or ~ customers, people who have bought their goods or services before buy them again. (BUSINESS)
Nearly 60% of our bookings come from ~ business and personal recommendation.
ADJ: ADJ n
8.
A ~ is a television or radio programme that has been broadcast before. (BRIT; in AM, use re-run )
There’s nothing except sport and ~s on TV.
N-COUNT
9.
If there is a ~ performance of something, usually something undesirable, it happens again.
This year can only see a ~ performance of the decline.
= ~
PHRASE