repeating

Etymology

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of repeat

adj

  1. That repeats; repetitive.
  2. Of a firearm: capable of firing multiple times without needing recharging.
  3. (mathematics) Of a decimal: recurring.

noun

  1. 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

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