Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of repeat
adjectiverepeating (not comparable)
- not comparableOf a firearm: capable of firing multiple times without needing recharging.
- not comparablemathematicsOf a decimal: recurring.
nounrepeating (countable and uncountable, plural repeatings)
plural repeatings
- countableuncountableRepetition.
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 ShakespeareSynonyms: reiteration, repeat
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveThat repeats; repetitive.
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nounRepetition.
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Translations
Catalan metrallador
- metralladorfirearm
Finnish toistuva, ja ... toistuu
- toistuvarepetitive
- ja ... toistuuwhen reading out a repeating decimal
- toistuvamathematics
German wiederholend, Repetier-
- wiederholendrepetitive
- Repetier-firearm
- Periodewhen reading out a repeating decimal
- periodischmathematics
Italian ripetitivo, automatica
- ripetitivorepetitive
- automaticafirearm
- periodicomathematics
Polish powtarzając się
- powtarzając sięwhen reading out a repeating decimal
Spanish repitiente, repetidor
- repitienterepetitive
- repetidorrepetitive
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Cite this entry
APA
repeating. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repeating
MLA
“repeating.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repeating. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “repeating,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repeating.
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