Repeat vs Autorepeat - What's the difference?
repeat | autorepeat |
(intransitive) To do or say again (and again).
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(obsolete) To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.
(legal, Scotland) To repay or refund (an excess received).
An iteration; a repetition.
A television program shown after its initial presentation -- particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a rerun.
Patterns of nucleid acids that occur in multiple copies throughout the genome.
Any feature that repeats an action automatically.
As nouns the difference between repeat and autorepeat
is that repeat is an iteration; a repetition while autorepeat is any feature that repeats an action automatically.As a verb repeat
is (intransitive) to do or say again (and again).repeat
English
Verb
(en verb)- (Waller)
Noun
(en noun)- We gave up after the third repeat because it got boring.
See also
* redundantautorepeat
English
Noun
(-)- Holding down a key on the keyboard activates autorepeat , as though the key were being pressed many times in a row.