repeating

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹɪˈpiːtɪŋ/
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  • Rhymes: -iːtɪŋ
  • Hyphenation: re‧peat‧ing

Verb

repeating

  1. present participle and gerund of repeat

Adjective

repeating (not comparable)

  1. That repeats; repetitive.
  2. Of a firearm: capable of firing multiple times without needing recharging.
  3. (mathematics) Of a decimal: recurring.
    1. When reading out a repeating decimal, denotes where the periodic part begins.
      one point two repeating three four ― 1.234

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Derived terms

  • repeating back
  • repeating circle
  • repeating coil
  • repeating rifle

Translations

Noun

repeating (countable and uncountable, plural repeatings)

  1. Repetition.
    • 1779, Edward Capell, John Collins, Notes and various readings to Shakespeare:
      What the moderns could mean by their suppression of the final couplet's repeatings, cannot be conceiv'd […]

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