Phrase Hound found 22 phrases and 30 compound words that contain repeat. The most common are listed below. Open repeat in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 22
- step and repeatA kind of design, typically for banners or backdrops, consisting of logos or images at fixed offsets.
- repeat offenderA person who has previously offended against the law, often someone who may be deemed incorrigible.
- run and repeatTo continue doing (an action, typically a negative one), especially after being warned not to do so or punished for doing so.
- repeat signA sign that indicates a section should be repeated.
- direct repeatA type of genetic sequence that consists of two or more repeats of a specific sequence.
- repeat unitA specific arrangement of atoms that repeats within a macromolecule
- rinse-repeatAlternative form of lather, rinse, repeat.
- repeat offendersplural of repeat offender: A person who has previously offended against the law, often someone who may be deemed incorrigible.
- please repeat after meA request for the interlocutor to repeat what the speaker says next. Often used in language training.
- tandem repeatA pattern of adjacent repeats in DNA.
- repeat itselfTo occur again (recur) in the same way or form.
- short tandem repeatA pattern in DNA where two or more nucleotides are repeated and the repeated sequences are directly adjacent to each other, used in determining genetic profiles to identify an individual.
- rinse and repeatAlternative form of lather, rinse, repeat.
- repeat oneselfTo say again what one has already said, usually several times.
- repeat offendTo offend again, especially after being punished for a first offence; to reoffend, to recidivate.
- repeat unitsplural of repeat unit: A specific arrangement of atoms that repeats within a macromolecule
- trinucleotide repeat disorderAny of a group of disorders caused by stretches of DNA that contain a sequence of three nucleotides repeated many times
- trinucleotide repeat disordersplural of trinucleotide repeat disorder: Any of a group of disorders caused by stretches of DNA that contain a sequence of three nucleotides repeated many times
- repeat offendedsimple past and past participle of repeat offend
- repeat offendingpresent participle of repeat offend: To offend again, especially after being punished for a first offence; to reoffend, to recidivate.
- repeat offendsthird-person singular simple present indicative of repeat offend: To offend again, especially after being punished for a first offence; to reoffend, to recidivate.
- variable tandem repeat locusAny DNA sequence that exists in multiple copies strung together in various tandem lengths.
Compound words 30
- autorepeatAny feature that repeats an action automatically. (often preceded with 'on')
- hepeatOf a man: to repeat something a woman said and take credit for her idea.
- misrepeatTo repeat wrongly; to give a wrong version of.
- multirepeatHaving multiple repeat units
- nonrepeatNot a repeat.
- repeatationMisspelling of repetition: The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated.
- subrepeatA subset of a repeat (iteration)
- antirepeatthat prevents repeated actions
- decarepeatA pattern of ten repeats
- fourpeatTo win something four times consecutively.