different between mirror vs repeat

English

Alternative forms

• mirrour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English mirour, from Old French mireor, from mirer (“look at”), from Latin m?ror (“wonder at”), from m?rus (“wonderful”), from *smey- (“to laugh, to be glad”). Displaced native Old English s??awere (literally “watcher”), which was also the word for "spy."

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?.??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mi?.?/, /?m??.?/, /?m??/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?m?.??/
• Rhymes: -???(?), -??(?), -????(?)
• Homophone: mere (some accents)

Noun

mirror (plural mirrors)

1. A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.

   I had a look in the mirror to see if the blood had come off my face.

   We could see the lorry in the mirror, so decided to change lanes.

2. (figuratively) An object, person, or event that reflects or gives a picture of another.

   His story is a mirror into the life of orphans growing up.

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, Faerie Queene

     O goddess, heavenly bright, / Mirror of grace and majesty divine.

3. (computing, Internet) A disk, website or other resource that contains replicated data.

   Although the content had been deleted from his blog, it was still found on some mirrors.

4. A mirror carp.
5. (historical) A kind of political self-help book, advising kings, princes, etc. on how to behave.

Synonyms

• (reflecting surface): glass (old-fashioned), looking glass (old-fashioned)

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

mirror (third-person singular simple present mirrors, present participle mirroring, simple past and past participle mirrored)

1. (transitive) Of an event, activity, behaviour, etc, to be identical to, to be a copy of.

   He tried to mirror Elvis's life. He copied his fashion and his mannerisms, and he even went to live in Graceland.

2. (computing, transitive) To create something identical to (a web site, etc.).
3. (transitive) To reflect, as in a mirror.

Translations

See also

• cheval glass
• looking glass

English

Etymology

From Middle English repeten, from Old French repeter, from Latin repet?, repetere, from the prefix re- (“again”) + peto (“attack, beseech”).

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /???pi?t/
• (noun) IPA^(key): /???pi?t/, /??i?pi?t/
• Rhymes: -i?t

Verb

repeat (third-person singular simple present repeats, present participle repeating, simple past and past participle repeated)

1. (transitive) To do or say again (and again).
2. (transitive, medicine, pharmacy) To refill (a prescription).
3. (intransitive) To happen again; recur.
4. (transitive) To echo the words of (a person).
5. (intransitive) To strike the hours, as a watch does.
6. (obsolete) To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.
   • a. 1687, Edmund Waller, The Battel of the Summer Islands

     He […] repeats the danger of the burning town.

7. (law, Scotland) To repay or refund (an excess received).
8. (procedure word, military) To call in a previous artillery fire mission with the same ammunition and method either on the coordinates or adjusted either because destruction of the target was insufficient or missed.

9. To commit fraud in an election by voting more than once for the same candidate.

Synonyms

• (to do or say again): redo, reiterate, reprise, rework see also Thesaurus:reiterate
• (to happen again): reoccur; see also Thesaurus:repeat

Related terms

• repeatedly
• repeat on
• repeat oneself
• repetition
• repetitive

Translations

Noun

repeat (plural repeats)

1. An iteration; a repetition.

2. A television program shown after its initial presentation; a rerun.
3. (medicine, pharmacy) A refill of a prescription.
4. (genetics, biochemistry) A pattern of nucleic acids that occur in multiple copies throughout a genome (or of amino acids in a protein).
5. (music) A mark in music notation directing a part to be repeated.

Synonyms

• (iteration; repetition): reiteration, reoccurrence; see also Thesaurus:reoccurrence

Derived terms

• decarepeat
• homorepeat

Translations

See also

• redundant

Anagrams

• Partee, Perate, retape