repeating

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈpiːtɪŋ/
• 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

Synonyms

• (that repeats): recurrent, repetitious; see also Thesaurus:repetitive

Related terms

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

Translations

repetitive

• Finnish: toistuva (fi)
• German: wiederholend (de)
• Italian: ripetitivo (it) m

firearm

• Catalan: metrallador
• German: Repetier-
• Italian: automatica (it) f
• Manx: aacheau

mathematics

• Finnish: toistuva (fi)
• German: periodisch (de)
• Italian: periodico (it) m
• Manx: beayn

when reading out a repeating decimal

• Finnish: ja ... toistuu
• German: Periode (de) f (noun)
• Polish: powtarzając się

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 […]

Synonyms

• reiteration, repeat; see also Thesaurus:reoccurrence

Anagrams

• interpage, pignerate