repeatedly Definition

repeat
verb repeated, repeating

1. To say, do, etc, again or several times.

Thesaurus: restate, say again, echo, iterate, duplicate, rehearse, reproduce, renew, recapitulate, retell.
2. To echo or say again exactly (the words already said by someone else).
3. To tell (something one has heard or been told in confidence) to someone else, especially when one ought not to.
4a. To quote something from memory;
4b. To recite (a poem, etc).
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5. Said of food: to be tasted again some time after being swallowed.
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6. To occur again or several times; to recur.
7. Said of an event, occurrence, etc: to happen in exactly the same way more than once.

Example: history repeats itself
Form: repeat itself (usually)
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8. Said of a gun: to fire several times without being reloaded.
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9. Said of a clock: to strike the hour or quarter hour.
(US)
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10. To vote illegally more than once in the same election.
11. To say the same thing more than once, especially with the result of being repetitious or tedious.

Form: repeat oneself
12. Said of a TV or radio company: to broadcast (a programme, series, etc) again.

Example: The BBC repeats ‘Murder One' on Wednesdays
Example: ‘Murder One' is repeated on Wednesday

noun

1a. The act of repeating;
1b. A repetition.

Thesaurus: repetition, rerun, duplicate, reproduction, recapitulation, echo, reiteration, replay.
2. Something that is repeated, especially a television or radio programme which has been broadcast before.
3a. music.
A passage in a piece of music that is to be repeated;
3b. music.
A sign which marks such a passage.
4. An order for goods, etc that is exactly the same as a previous one.

adj

1. Repeated.

Example: a repeat showing

Derivative: repeatable

Able to be repeated.

Suitable or fit to be told to others.

Derivative: repeated

Said, done, etc again or several times.

Reiterated.

Derivative: repeatedly
adverb

Again and again; frequently.
Thesaurus: again and again, time after time, time and time again, over and over, often, oftentimes, oft-times, recurrently, frequently, time and again.

Derivative: repeater

Someone or something that repeats.

A clock that strikes the hour or quarter hour.

A gun that can be fired several times without having to be reloaded.

An instrument for automatically retransmitting a message.

Derivative: repeating
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Etymology: 14c: from French répéter.