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adjective

ri-ˈpē-təd How to pronounce repeated (audio)
Definition of repeatednext
as in frequent
appearing or occurring repeatedly from time to time made repeated attempts to get in touch with her

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repeated

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verb

past tense of repeat
1
as in reiterated
to say or state again I repeated the address over and over until I had it memorized

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2
as in recited
to give from memory repeated correctly all the verses she had memorized

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3
as in echoed
to say after another now repeat the oath after me

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4
as in replicated
to make or do again try not to repeat your mistakes

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Recent Examples of repeated
Adjective
Authenticity is built through small, repeated alignments, not dramatic declarations. — Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026 To address the challenge, Ursa Major aims to normalize repeated use, which could significantly reduce per-flight costs and increase flight rates. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 30 Apr. 2026
Verb
The researchers repeated the experiment with different frequencies and found that the thorium atoms can sit at four sites inside the crystal lattice. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026 This is a nightmare scenario that seems to be repeated endlessly around our nation. — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for repeated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repeated
  1. frequent
  2. reiterated
  3. recited
  4. echoed
  5. replicated
  6. periodic
  7. chimed
  8. memorized
Adjective
  • The bad news is that even with the frequent showers and thunderstorms that parts of the state have picked up over the last week and a half, the mountains of our state have not seen enough to make a dramatic change.
    — Dave Aguilera, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Someone with gestational hypertension will need more frequent monitoring, which may include home blood pressure measurements, blood and urine tests, and additional monitoring of fetal growth and well-being.
    — Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of frequent
Verb
  • Coach Kyle Shanahan said Stribling still has a lot to learn, and offensive coordinator Klay Kubiak reiterated that Stribling still has to work on improving things like lining up correctly and route running.
    — Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Magnus’s support of his father being crowned PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive comes just weeks after Will reiterated his desire to inherit the coveted title to Variety at a red carpet event for Netflix’s The Hawk.
    — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of reiterated
Verb
  • Before it was written down, bards recited the adventures of Odysseus and the Greeks orally.
    — Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Enslaved people recited his poetry at posh parties thrown by their masters.
    — John Blake, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of recited
Verb
  • Doug Pagitt, a pastor and executive director of Vote Common Good, an organization dedicated to Democratic outreach to Catholic and evangelical voters, echoed Warnock's comment.
    — Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Greenhaw echoed Wirt’s insights on a broader societal shift of how children are in highly structured environments with less free play and independence.
    — Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of echoed
Verb
  • Having already come through in the seventh to tie the game on an RBI single, Bregman replicated the moment.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Call for voluntary self-disclosure Federal agencies have created a voluntary self-disclosure pathway for North Texas ISDs, a model Raybould hopes is replicated by schools throughout the state.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of replicated
Adjective
  • Real-time tracking cuts costly checks Nuclear facilities currently rely on a combination of instruments, physical security measures, manual sampling and periodic shutdowns to determine how much nuclear material is present and where it is located.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026
  • While Western intelligence agencies have debated periodic reports of Iranian scientists attending North Korean nuclear tests, Pyongyang’s willingness to proliferate nuclear infrastructure elsewhere is beyond doubt.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of periodic
Verb
  • Sunlight chimed off Rubber Hand’s hatchet blade.
    — Will Mackin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
  • In 1859, Big Ben, the great bell inside the famous London clock tower, chimed for the first time.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 June 2026
Definition of chimed
Verb
  • Others are employing the old-fashioned strategy deployed by their parents, strutting up to storefronts with resume in hand and elevator pitch memorized.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2026
  • For all the public, open source repos where most of the benchmarks are run, every single model has basically memorized the repo.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 20 July 2026
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