repeat

répéter, refaire

Dire ou faire quelque chose une nouvelle fois.

En anglais simple : To say or do something again.

• Please repeat the question.
• We repeated the experiment three times.
• Can you repeat those instructions more slowly?

Comment l'utiliser : repeat something to someone (She repeated the message to her brother.); repeat after someone (Please repeat after me.)

Synonymes : redo, do again, say again

Expressions courantes : repeat a question, repeat an experiment, repeat after someone

se répéter

Dire de nouveau quelque chose que l’on a déjà dit.

En anglais simple : To say again something you have already said.

• Please do not repeat yourself.
• He repeated himself because nobody was listening.
• Am I repeating myself, or have I never told you this?

Comment l'utiliser : repeat oneself (She often repeats herself when she is tired.)

Expressions courantes : repeat yourself, repeat myself

se répéter, se reproduire

Se produire une nouvelle fois, souvent de la même manière.

En anglais simple : To happen again, often in the same way.

• The pattern repeats every minute.
• This problem has repeated several times.
• History can repeat itself if we ignore its lessons.

Synonymes : recur

Expressions courantes : repeat itself, repeat endlessly, repeat every day

répéter le tir

Ordonner une nouvelle salve d’artillerie en reprenant les consignes précédentes avec les modifications demandées.

En anglais simple : To order another round of artillery fire using the previous firing instructions, with any requested changes.

• Repeat the fire mission.
• The officer ordered the battery to repeat.
• Adjust fifty metres left and repeat on the target.

Expressions courantes : repeat fire mission, repeat on target

répétition, rediffusion

Quelque chose qui se produit, se fait ou se montre une nouvelle fois.

En anglais simple : Something that happens, is done, or is shown again.

• This programme is a repeat.
• We want to avoid a repeat of that mistake.
• They showed three repeats of the comedy last week.

Comment l'utiliser : a repeat of something (Nobody wants a repeat of last winter’s delays.)

Synonymes : repetition, rerun

Expressions courantes : a repeat performance, repeat of something, watch a repeat

signe de reprise

Signe écrit indiquant qu’il faut rejouer un passage de musique.

En anglais simple : A written sign that tells you to play a section of music again.

• There is a repeat at the end.
• Play from the beginning when you reach the repeat.
• The pianist missed both repeats in the score.

Synonymes : repeat mark

Expressions courantes : repeat sign, marked repeat, follow the repeat