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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Repeat \Re*peat"\ (-p?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repeated; p. pr. & vb. n. Repeating.] [F. r['e]p['e]ter, L. repetere; pref. re- re- + petere to fall upon, attack. See Petition.] [1913 Webster] 1. To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem. ``I will repeat our former communication.'' --Robynson (More's Utopia). [1913 Webster] Not well conceived of God; who, though his power Creation could repeat, yet would be loth Us to abolish. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again. [Obs.] --Waller. [1913 Webster] 3. (Scots Law) To repay or refund (an excess received). [1913 Webster] To repeat one's self, to do or say what one has already done or said. To repeat signals, to make the same signals again; specifically, to communicate, by repeating them, the signals shown at headquarters. [1913 Webster] Syn: To reiterate; iterate; renew; recite; relate; rehearse; recapitulate. See Reiterate. [1913 Webster]From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Repeating \Re*peat"ing\, a. Doing the same thing over again; accomplishing a given result many times in succession; as, a repeating firearm; a repeating watch. [1913 Webster] Repeating circle. See the Note under Circle, n., 3. Repeating decimal (Arith.), a circulating decimal. See under Decimal. Repeating firearm, a firearm that may be discharged many times in quick succession; especially: (a) A form of firearm so constructed that by the action of the mechanism the charges are successively introduced from a chamber containing them into the breech of the barrel, and fired. (b) A form in which the charges are held in, and discharged from, a revolving chamber at the breech of the barrel. See Revolver, and Magazine gun, under Magazine. Repeating instruments (Astron. & Surv.), instruments for observing angles, as a circle, theodolite, etc., so constructed that the angle may be measured several times in succession, and different, but successive and contiguous, portions of the graduated limb, before reading off the aggregate result, which aggregate, divided by the number of measurements, gives the angle, freed in a measure from errors of eccentricity and graduation. Repeating watch. See Repeater (a) [1913 Webster]From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Repeat \Re*peat"\ (-p?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repeated; p. pr. & vb. n. Repeating.] [F. r['e]p['e]ter, L. repetere; pref. re- re- + petere to fall upon, attack. See Petition.] 1. To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem. ``I will repeat our former communication.'' --Robynson (More's Utopia). Not well conceived of God; who, though his power Creation could repeat, yet would be loth Us to abolish. --Milton. 2. To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again. [Obs.] --Waller. 3. (Scots Law) To repay or refund (an excess received). To repeat one's self, to do or say what one has already done or said. To repeat signals, to make the same signals again; specifically, to communicate, by repeating them, the signals shown at headquarters. Syn: To reiterate; iterate; renew; recite; relate; rehearse; recapitulate. See Reiterate.From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Repeating \Re*peat"ing\, a. Doing the same thing over again; accomplishing a given result many times in succession; as, a repeating firearm; a repeating watch. Repeating circle. See the Note under Circle, n., 3. Repeating decimal (Arith.), a circulating decimal. See under Decimal. Repeating firearm, a firearm that may be discharged many times in quick succession; especially: (a) A form of firearm so constructed that by the action of the mechanism the charges are successively introduced from a chamber containing them into the breech of the barrel, and fired. (b) A form in which the charges are held in, and discharged from, a revolving chamber at the breech of the barrel. See Revolver, and Magazine gun, under Magazine.From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
repeating n : the act of doing or performing again [syn: repetition]From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
repeating Αγγλικά a. επαναληπτικόςFrom English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
repeating a. 1 That repeats; repetitive. 2 Of a firearm: capable of firing multiple times without needing recharge. 3 (lb en mathematics) Of a decimal: recurring. n. repetition. vb. (present participle of en repeat nocat=1)From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
repeating a. 1 That repeats; repetitive. 2 Of a firearm: capable of firing multiple times without needing recharge. 3 (lb en mathematics) Of a decimal: recurring. n. repetition. vb. (present participle of en repeat nocat=1)From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
repeating a. 1 That repeats; repetitive. 2 Of a firearm: capable of firing multiple times without needing recharge. 3 (lb en mathematics) Of a decimal: recurring. n. repetition. vb. (present participle of en repeat nocat=1)From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
repeating a. 1 That repeats; repetitive. 2 Of a firearm: capable of firing multiple times without needing recharge. 3 (lb en mathematics) Of a decimal: recurring. n. repetition. vb. (present participle of en repeat nocat=1)From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
repeating Englanti a. toistava Englanti n. 1 kertaaminen, kertaus- 2 toistaminen Englanti vb. (en-v-taivm r epeat ing)From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
repeating Engelska a. (avledning en repeat ordform=prespart) Engelska vb. (böjning en verb repeat)From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Repeating /ɹɪpˈiːtɪŋ/ التكرارFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
repeating /ɹɪpˈiːtɪŋ/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]opakování
repeating /ɹɪpˈiːtɪŋ/ WiederholfunktionFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
repeating /ɹɪpˈiːtɪŋ/ WiederholungFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]Synonyms: repeat, rollback see: repeatings, repeats, rollbacks
repeating /ɹɪpˈiːtɪŋ/ weitersagend see: repeat sth., repeated, Please don't repeat what I've told you (to anyone).From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
repeating /ɹɪpˈiːtɪŋ/ wiederholend, noch einmal sagend "it bears repeating" - es kann nicht oft genug wiederholt / gesagt / erwähnt / betont werden, man kann es (gar) nicht oft genug wiederholen / sagen / erwähnen / betonen (Einschub) "it bears constant / endless / infinite repeating (used as a parenthesis)" - es kann nicht oft genug wiederholt / gesagt / erwähnt / betont werden, man kann es (gar) nicht oft genug wiederholen / sagen / erwähnen / betonen (Einschub) "This message is one that bears repeating." - Das ist eine Botschaft, die nicht oft genug wiederholt werden kann. "His comments doesn't bear repeating." - Seinen Kommentar dazu will ich hier nicht wiederholen / wiedergeben. see: repeat sth., repeated, repeats, repeated, I often have to ask people to repeat themselves., Could you repeat what you said, please?, Can you repeat that, please?From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
repeating //ɹɪˈpiːtɪŋ//From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]toistuva 2. mathematics 3. repetitive
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]/ɹiˈpitɪŋ/, /ɹɪˈpitɪŋ/
a. 反复的,重复的,循环的;From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
a. 反复的,重复的,循环的