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"

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"

replicate, copy - biology: 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"

hap, happen, occur, come about, take place, go on, pass off, fall out, pass - come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"

cycle - recur in repeating sequences

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"

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"

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"