repeating
adjective
[ rɪˈpiːtɪŋ ]
• (of a firearm) capable of firing several shots in succession without reloading.
• (of a pattern) recurring uniformly over a surface.
repeat
verb
• say again something one has already said.
• "‘Are you hurt?’ he repeated"
• do (something) again or more than once.
• "earlier experiments were repeated on a larger scale"
Similar:
do again,
redo,
replicate,
duplicate,
perform again,
recurrent,
frequent,
persistent,
unremitting,
sustained,
continual,
incessant,
constant,
ceaseless,
regular,
periodic,
many,
numerous,
a great many,
very many,
countless,
• (of food) be tasted intermittently for some time after being swallowed as a result of belching or indigestion.
• "that cucumber repeated on me for hours"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French repeter, from Latin repetere, from re- ‘back’ + petere ‘seek’.
