repeating Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of doing or performing again
    repetition.
  2. verb to say, state, or perform again
    reiterate; repeat; ingeminate; retell; restate; iterate.
    • She kept reiterating her request
  3. verb make or do or perform again
    double; duplicate; repeat; replicate; reduplicate.
    • He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick
  4. verb happen or occur again
    repeat; recur.
    • This is a recurring story
  5. verb to say again or imitate
    repeat; echo.
    • followers echoing the cries of their leaders
  6. verb do over
    take over; repeat.
    • They would like to take it over again
  7. verb repeat an earlier theme of a composition
    repeat; reprise; reprize; recapitulate.

WordNet


Re*peat"ing adjective
Definitions
  1. Doing the same thing over again; accomplishing a given result many times in succession; as, a repeating firearm; a repeating watch.

Webster 1913