Repeating

//ɹɪˈpiːtɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Repetition. countable, uncountable

    "What the moderns could mean by their suppression of the final couplet's repeatings, cannot be conceiv'd […]"

  2. 2
    the act of doing or performing again wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of repeat form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    That repeats; repetitive. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Of a firearm: capable of firing multiple times without needing recharging. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Of a decimal: recurring. not-comparable
  4. 4
    Of a decimal: recurring.; When reading out a repeating decimal, denotes where the periodic part begins. not-comparable

    "one point two repeating three four"

Synonyms

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colonizationechoicechoingfloatingimitativeiterative

Example

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"Excuse me, would you mind repeating that?"

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