n.
Pronunciation: ri- ' p ē t, ' r ē - ˌ
Function: noun
Date: 15th century
1 a : something repeated : REPETITION b : a musical passage to be repeated in performance also : a sign placed before and after such a passage c : a usually transcribed repetition of a radio or television program d : a duplication of genetic material (as a sequence of nucleotides) in which the duplicated parts are adjacent to each other along the chromosome
2 : the act of repeating
repeat 1b