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repeating en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ɹɪˈpiːtɪŋ/
  • (US) audio

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) That repeats; repetitive.
  2. (not-comparable) Of a firearm: capable of firing multiple times without needing recharging.
  3. (not-comparable) Of a decimal: recurring.
  4. (not-comparable) Of a decimal: recurring. ▸ When reading out a repeating decimal, denotes where the periodic part begins.
    • one point two repeating three four

Deriveds

stereorepeating · unrepeating · nonrepeating

Relateds

repeating rifle · repeating circle · repeating back · repeating coil

Synonyms

repetitious · recurrent (that repeats)

Translations (16)

de Repetier- (firearm) · it automatica (firearm) · de Periode (when reading out a repeating decimal) · fi toistuva (mathematics) · de periodisch (mathematics) · es repitiente (repetitive) · gv aacheau (firearm) · pl powtarzając się (when reading out a repeating decimal) · ca metrallador (firearm) · it periodico (mathematics) · fi toistuva (repetitive) · es repetidor (repetitive) · de wiederholend (repetitive) · gv beayn (mathematics) · it ripetitivo (repetitive) · fi ja ... toistuu (when reading out a repeating decimal)

repeating en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɹɪˈpiːtɪŋ/
  • (US) audio

Meanings

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

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
repeatings Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

reiteration · repeat

repeating en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ɹɪˈpiːtɪŋ/
  • (US) audio

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of repeat
    form of repeat