rep|er|tory /re pə r tri, [AM ] -tɔːri/
1 N‑UNCOUNT [usu N n] A repertory company is a group of actors and actresses who perform a small number of plays for just a few weeks at a time. They work in a repertory theatre. □ …a well-known repertory company in Boston.
2 N‑SING [usu poss N ] A performer's repertory is all the plays or pieces of music that he or she has learned and can perform. □ Her repertory was vast and to her it seemed that each song told some part of her life.
rep|eti|tion /re p I t I ʃ ə n/ (repetitions )
1 N‑VAR If there is a repetition of an event, usually an undesirable event, it happens again. □ [+ of ] The government has taken measures to prevent a repetition of last year's confrontation.
2 N‑VAR Repetition means using the same words again. □ He could also have cut out much of the repetition and thus saved many pages.
rep|eti|tious /re p I t I ʃəs/ ADJ Something that is repetitious involves actions or elements that are repeated many times and is therefore boring. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ The manifesto is long-winded, repetitious and often ambiguous or poorly drafted.
re|peti|tive /r I pe t I t I v/
1 ADJ Something that is repetitive involves actions or elements that are repeated many times and is therefore boring. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ …factory workers who do repetitive jobs.
2 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Repetitive movements or sounds are repeated many times. □ …problems that occur as the result of repetitive movements.
re|pe ti|tive strai n in|ju|ry N‑UNCOUNT Repetitive strain injury is the same as RSI . □ …computer users suffering from repetitive strain injury.
re|phrase /riː fre I z/ (rephrases , rephrasing , rephrased ) VERB If you rephrase a question or statement, you ask it or say it again in a different way. □ [V n] Again, the executive rephrased the question.
re|place ◆◆◇ /r I ple I s/ (replaces , replacing , replaced )
1 VERB If one thing or person replaces another, the first is used or acts instead of the second. □ [V n] The council tax replaced the poll tax in 1993. □ [V n + as ] …the city lawyer who replaced Bob as chairman of the company. □ [be V -ed + with/by ] The smile disappeared to be replaced by a doleful frown.
2 VERB If you replace one thing or person with another, you put something or someone else in their place to do their job. □ [V n + with ] I clean out all the grease and replace it with oil so it works better in very low temperatures. □ [V n] The BBC decided it could not replace her.
3 VERB If you replace something that is broken, damaged, or lost, you get a new one to use instead. □ [V n] The shower that we put in a few years back has broken and we cannot afford to replace it.
4 VERB If you replace something, you put it back where it was before. □ [V n] The line went dead. Whitlock replaced the receiver. □ [V n prep] Replace the caps on the bottles.
re|place|able /r I ple I səb ə l/
1 ADJ If something is replaceable , you can throw it away when it is finished and put a new one in its place. □ …replaceable butane gas cartridges.
2 ADJ [usu v-link ADJ ] If you say that someone is replaceable , you mean that they are not so important that someone else could not take their place. □ He would see I was not so easily replaceable.
re|place|ment ◆◇◇ /r I ple I smənt/ (replacements )
1 N‑UNCOUNT If you refer to the replacement of one thing by another, you mean that the second thing takes the place of the first. □ [+ of ] …the replacement of damaged or lost books.
2 → see also hormone replacement therapy
3 N‑COUNT Someone who takes someone else's place in an organization, government, or team can be referred to as their replacement . □ Taylor has nominated Adams as his replacement. SYNONYMS replacement NOUN 1
substitution: In my experience a straight substitution of carob for chocolate doesn't work.
renewaclass="underline" …urban renewal and regeneration.
re|pla ce|ment value N‑SING The replacement value of something that you own is the amount of money it would cost you to replace it, for example if it was stolen or damaged.
re|play (replays , replaying , replayed ) The verb is pronounced /riː ple I /. The noun is pronounced /riː ple I /. 1 VERB [usu passive] If a match between two sports teams is replayed , the two teams play it again, because neither team won the first time, or because the match was stopped because of bad weather. [mainly BRIT ] □ [be V -ed] Drawn matches were replayed three or four days later. ● N‑COUNT You can refer to a match that is replayed as a replay . □ If there has to be a replay we are confident of victory.
2 VERB If you replay something that you have recorded on film or tape, you play it again in order to watch it or listen to it. □ [V n] He stopped the machine and replayed the message. ● N‑COUNT Replay is also a noun. □ [+ of ] I watched a slow-motion replay of his fall.
3 VERB If you replay an event in your mind, you think about it again and again. □ [V n] She spends her nights lying in bed, replaying the fire in her mind.
4 → see also action replay , instant replay
re|plen|ish /r I ple n I ʃ/ (replenishes , replenishing , replenished ) VERB If you replenish something, you make it full or complete again. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] Three hundred thousand tons of cereals are needed to replenish stocks.