| repeat | | |
| n. (event) | 1. repeat, repetition | an event that repeats.; "the events today were a repeat of yesterday's" |
| ~ periodic event, recurrent event | an event that recurs at intervals. |
| ~ sequence | several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys. |
| ~ cycle | a periodically repeated sequence of events.; "a cycle of reprisal and retaliation" |
| ~ rematch, replay | something (especially a game) that is played again. |
| ~ recurrence, return | happening again (especially at regular intervals).; "the return of spring" |
| v. (communication) | 2. ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell | to say, state, or perform again.; "She kept reiterating her request" |
| ~ tell | let something be known.; "Tell them that you will be late" |
| ~ perseverate | psychology: repeat a response after the cessation of the original stimulus.; "The subjects in this study perseverated" |
| ~ ditto | repeat an action or statement.; "The next speaker dittoed her argument" |
| ~ harp, dwell | come back to.; "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always harping on the same old things" |
| ~ translate, interpret, render | restate (words) from one language into another language.; "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into English"; "He translates for the U.N." |
| ~ paraphrase, rephrase, reword | express the same message in different words. |
| ~ sum up, summarize, summarise, resume | give a summary (of).; "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize" |
| ~ quote, cite | repeat a passage from.; "He quoted the Bible to her" |
| v. (creation) | 3. double, duplicate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate | make or do or perform again.; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick" |
| ~ replicate, copy | reproduce or make an exact copy of.; "replicate the cell"; "copy the genetic information" |
| ~ recapitulate | repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life. |
| ~ geminate, reduplicate | form by reduplication.; "The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel"; "The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word" |
| ~ reproduce | make a copy or equivalent of.; "reproduce the painting" |
| v. (change) | 4. recur, repeat | happen or occur again.; "This is a recurring story" |
| ~ come about, hap, happen, occur, take place, go on, fall out, pass off, pass | come to pass.; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" |
| ~ iterate | run or be performed again.; "the function iterates" |
| ~ cycle | recur in repeating sequences. |
| v. (communication) | 5. echo, repeat | to say again or imitate.; "followers echoing the cries of their leaders" |
| ~ recite | repeat aloud from memory.; "she recited a poem"; "The pupil recited his lesson for the day" |
| ~ cuckoo | repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call. |
| ~ reecho | repeat back like an echo. |
| ~ parrot | repeat mindlessly.; "The students parroted the teacher's words" |
| ~ regurgitate, reproduce | repeat after memorization.; "For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information" |
| ~ let loose, let out, utter, emit | express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words).; "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand" |
| v. (social) | 6. repeat, take over | do over.; "They would like to take it over again" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| v. (creation) | 7. recapitulate, repeat, reprise, reprize | repeat an earlier theme of a composition. |
| ~ music | musical activity (singing or whistling etc.).; "his music was his central interest" |
| ~ spiel, play | replay (as a melody).; "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully" |
| review | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. reappraisal, reassessment, revaluation, review | a new appraisal or evaluation. |
| ~ appraisal, assessment | the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth. |
| ~ stock-taking, stocktaking | reappraisal of a situation or position or outlook. |
| n. (communication) | 2. critical review, critique, review, review article | an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play). |
| ~ literary criticism, criticism | a written evaluation of a work of literature. |
| ~ book review | a critical review of a book (usually a recently published book). |
| ~ notice | a short critical review.; "the play received good notices" |
| ~ rave | an extravagantly enthusiastic review.; "he gave it a rave" |
| n. (act) | 3. follow-up, followup, reexamination, review | a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment. |
| ~ examination, scrutiny | the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes). |
| n. (possession) | 4. limited review, review | (accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data. |
| ~ accounting | a system that provides quantitative information about finances. |
| ~ accounting system, method of accounting, accounting | a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts. |
| ~ analytical review | an auditing procedure based on ratios among accounts and tries to identify significant changes. |
| n. (communication) | 5. review, revue | a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians. |
| ~ follies | a revue with elaborate costuming. |
| ~ variety show, variety | a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances. |
| n. (communication) | 6. review | a periodical that publishes critical essays on current affairs or literature or art. |
| ~ periodical | a publication that appears at fixed intervals. |
| ~ literary review | a review devoted to literary criticism. |
| n. (communication) | 7. recap, recapitulation, review | a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion. |
| ~ capitulation | a summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic. |
| ~ epanodos | recapitulation of the main ideas of a speech (especially in reverse order). |
| n. (act) | 8. review | (law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court). |
| ~ legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings | (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked. |
| ~ bill of review | a proceeding brought to obtain an explanation or an alteration or a reversal of a decree by the court that rendered it. |
| ~ judicial review | review by a court of law of actions of a government official or entity or of some other legally appointed person or body or the review by an appellate court of the decision of a trial court. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| n. (act) | 9. brushup, review | practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory. |
| ~ practice session, practice, drill, exercise, recitation | systematic training by multiple repetitions.; "practice makes perfect" |
| ~ rub up | a review that refreshes your memory.; "I need a rub up on my Latin" |
| n. (act) | 10. inspection, review | a formal or official examination.; "the platoon stood ready for review"; "we had to wait for the inspection before we could use the elevator" |
| ~ check-out procedure, checkout, check | the act of inspecting or verifying.; "they made a check of their equipment"; "the pilot ran through the check-out procedure" |
| ~ examination, scrutiny | the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes). |
| v. (cognition) | 11. reexamine, review | look at again; examine again.; "let's review your situation" |
| ~ analyse, analyze, examine, study, canvass, canvas | consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning.; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives" |
| v. (communication) | 12. critique, review | appraise critically.; "She reviews books for the New York Times"; "Please critique this performance" |
| ~ pass judgment, evaluate, judge | form a critical opinion of.; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?"; "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" |
| ~ peer review, referee | evaluate professionally a colleague's work. |
| v. (cognition) | 13. go over, review, survey | hold a review (of troops). |
| ~ inspect | look over carefully.; "Please inspect your father's will carefully" |
| v. (cognition) | 14. brush up, refresh, review | refresh one's memory.; "I reviewed the material before the test" |
| ~ recall, recollect, remember, call back, call up, retrieve, think | recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection.; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" |
| v. (cognition) | 15. look back, retrospect, review | look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember.; "she reviewed her achievements with pride" |
| ~ think back, remember | recapture the past; indulge in memories.; "he remembered how he used to pick flowers" |
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