have it repeated vs have it repeat

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Have it repeated' is used when you want something to be done again by someone else, while 'have it repeat' is used when you want something to repeat itself.

Last updated: March 31, 2024

have it repeated

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when you want something to be done again by someone else. It implies that you are asking for a repetition of an action or task.

Examples:

I didn't catch that, can you have it repeated, please?
The teacher asked the student to have the experiment repeated for accuracy.

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We need a better legal basis at European level, but then we know that; it is a statement we heard all of five years ago, and we do not need to have it repeated.
I know this letter by heart, because I have repeated it to myself many times.
I have already stated - and you have repeated it again - that we are looking into this.
It is not a new proposal, for we have repeated it endlessly since the White Paper in 1993.
I have repeated it in Spanish, which is one of the European Union's global languages.
I'm very sorry to have repeated it, particularly as I'm old enough to know better.
I know, you have repeated it for years.
The second concern which I notice that many of you share - it was first expressed by Mr Bourlanges, but others have repeated it - refers to the situation regarding the other donors.
Although that went well you shouldn't have repeated it!
Mr Posselt, the House knows, because you have repeated it many times, that your card has been the target of wrongful removal.
And then when he was tired and exhausted and confused, he must have repeated it back to me.
Mr President, Mr Ahern, forgive me, but I announced the intention to present this nuclear safety package to this Parliament before anybody else and I have repeated it on various occasions, and it was therefore nothing new.
Governments around the world agreed at the conference in Copenhagen, and have repeated it at every conference on climate, that we have to stay below two degrees Celsius of warming above pre-Industrial standards.
Even so, its repeated interventions greatly harmed the development of a democratic political culture.
The Union has to give substance to its repeated statements on human rights.
The Madrid regional government is well-known for its repeated failures to comply with the EU nature protection legislation.
Parliament will not retreat from its repeated demand that international agreements signed on behalf of the European Union contain a mutual human rights and democracy clause.
Since Romania went ahead and signed the privatisation contract despite its repeated warnings, the Commission issued at the same time a suspension injunction.
That was a most unpleasant experience, and I am sure none of us ever wish to see it repeated.
However, the Government of Thailand has failed in its repeated commitments to solve the disappearance of Mr Somchai.

Alternatives:

ask for it to be repeated
request a repetition
get it done again
have someone repeat it
get a redo

have it repeat

This phrase is correct but less commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when you want something to repeat itself automatically. It implies that you are asking for a continuous repetition of an action or task.