"repeat itself" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "repeats itself",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "repeating itself",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "repeated itself",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "repeated itself",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "repeats itself",
        "2": "repeating itself",
        "3": "repeated itself"
      },
      "expansion": "repeat itself (third-person singular simple present repeats itself, present participle repeating itself, simple past and past participle repeated itself)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1951 April, R. S. McNaught, “Railway Enthusiasts”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 270",
          "text": "It is interesting to recall that the engine emerged from Swindon Works as County of Cheshire, but the mistake was noticed, and rectified [to County of Chester]. History repeated itself when the same thing happened to the more recent G.W.R. \"County\" class 4-6-0, No. 1011, which was fitted with nameplates in 1946.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To occur again (recur) in the same way or form."
      ],
      "id": "en-repeat_itself-en-verb-78P8YDRz",
      "links": [
        [
          "occur",
          "occur"
        ],
        [
          "recur",
          "recur"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "history repeats itself"
        },
        {
          "word": "repeat oneself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "repeat itself"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "repeats itself",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "repeating itself",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "repeated itself",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "repeated itself",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "repeats itself",
        "2": "repeating itself",
        "3": "repeated itself"
      },
      "expansion": "repeat itself (third-person singular simple present repeats itself, present participle repeating itself, simple past and past participle repeated itself)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "history repeats itself"
    },
    {
      "word": "repeat oneself"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1951 April, R. S. McNaught, “Railway Enthusiasts”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 270",
          "text": "It is interesting to recall that the engine emerged from Swindon Works as County of Cheshire, but the mistake was noticed, and rectified [to County of Chester]. History repeated itself when the same thing happened to the more recent G.W.R. \"County\" class 4-6-0, No. 1011, which was fitted with nameplates in 1946.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To occur again (recur) in the same way or form."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "occur",
          "occur"
        ],
        [
          "recur",
          "recur"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "repeat itself"
}