Meaning & use
repeats
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Chiefly British: television or radio programs that are broadcast again after their original airing.
See it in a sentence
The channel filled its holiday schedule with old sitcom repeats.
I've already seen this episode, it's just a repeat.
A note on using this word
Repeats is the standard British English term for what American English calls reruns.
Words with a similar meaning
rerunsrebroadcasts
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Another way to use it
2. verb
Says or does something again.
He repeats the same instructions at the start of every class.
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