"repeats" in the noun sense
1. repeat, repetition
an event that repeats
"the events today were a repeat of yesterday's"
"repeats" in the verb sense
1. repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell
to say, state, or perform again
"She kept reiterating her request"
2. duplicate, reduplicate, double, repeat, replicate
make or do or perform again
"He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick"
3. recur, repeat
happen or occur again
"This is a recurring story"
4. repeat, echo
to say again or imitate
"followers echoing the cries of their leaders"
5. repeat, take over
do over
"They would like to take it over again"
6. reprise, reprize, repeat, recapitulate
repeat an earlier theme of a composition
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