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repeated

/ɹɪˈpiːtɪd/

repeated is the simple past and past participle of repeat.

Meaning of repeat

Verb

repeat (third-person singular simple present repeats, present participle repeating, simple past and past participle repeated)

  1. (transitive) To do or say again (and again).
    • The scientists repeated the experiment in order to confirm the result.
    Synonyms:
    redo
  2. (transitive, pharmacy) To refill (a prescription).
  3. (intransitive) To happen again; recur.
    • A day like that has not yet repeated itself.
    Synonyms:
    reoccur
  4. (transitive) To echo the words of (a person).
    • Their rationale with repeating me was that the prior program had not been of sufficient quality to teach me the error of my ways.2008, Ken Jensen, Ronda Del Boccio, It Takes Guts to Be Me: How an Ex-marine Beat Bipolar Disorder
  5. (intransitive) To strike the hours, as a watch does.
  6. (obsolete) To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.
    • He[…] repeats the danger of the burning town.a. 1687, Edmund Waller, The Battel of the Summer Islands

See all 14 meanings of repeat

Adjective

repeated (comparative more repeated, superlative most repeated)

  1. Having been said or done again.
    • The repeated exposure, over decades, to most taxa here treated has resulted in repeated modifications of both diagnoses and discussions, as initial ideas of the various taxa underwent—often repeated—conceptual modification.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page viii
    • The repeated exposure, over decades, to most taxa here treated has resulted in repeated modifications of both diagnoses and discussions, as initial ideas of the various taxa underwent—often repeated—conceptual modification.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page viii
    Synonyms:
    iterate, reiterate

Synonyms of repeated

Antonyms

Forms of repeated

comparativemore repeated
superlativemost repeated

Words formed from repeated

Phrases with repeated

Questions about repeated

What does repeated mean?
Repeated means having been said or done again.
What is repeated the simple past and past participle of?
Repeated is the simple past and past participle of repeat.
What part of speech is repeated?
Repeated is an adjective.
How do you pronounce repeated?
Repeated is pronounced /ɹɪˈpiːtɪd/.

Words near repeated in the dictionary

  1. repeatability
  2. repeatable
  3. repeatably
  4. repeatation
  5. repeate
  6. repeated
  7. repeated bodily harm
  8. repeated itself
  9. repeated on
  10. repeated oneself
  11. repeatedly

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