• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈpiːtɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -iːtɪŋ
• Hyphenation: re‧peat‧ing

repeating

1. present participle and gerund of repeat

repeating (not comparable)

1. That repeats; repetitive.
2. Of a firearm: capable of firing multiple times without needing recharging.
3. (mathematics) Of a decimal: recurring.
   1. When reading out a repeating decimal, denotes where the periodic part begins.

      one point two repeating three four ― 1.234

• (that repeats): recurrent, repetitious; see also Thesaurus:repetitive

• repeating back
• repeating circle
• repeating coil
• repeating rifle

repeating (countable and uncountable, plural repeatings)

1. Repetition.
   • 1779, Edward Capell, John Collins, Notes and various readings to Shakespeare:

     What the moderns could mean by their suppression of the final couplet's repeatings, cannot be conceiv'd […]

• reiteration, repeat; see also Thesaurus:reoccurrence

• interpage, pignerate