repeating

verb

Definition of repeatingnext
present participle of repeat
1
as in reiterating
to say or state again I repeated the address over and over until I had it memorized

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

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

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

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Recent Examples of repeating One of the most important lessons from my coaching career is that repeating the same instruction louder or more often is not the same as adapting your coaching. — Irma Davarashvili, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026 These materials mimic important structural features of quasicrystals while having a repeating crystal structure that can be studied experimentally. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026 Using accounting as an example, Ladish said the AI is given tens of thousands of accounting problems to solve through trial and error, repeating them millions of times across thousands of parallel training runs. — James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026 Trump sought to rally Republicans by attacking Democrats over inflation and immigration, repeating claims about the number and backgrounds of migrants who entered the country during the Biden administration. — ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026 Desperate to change, Tonya turns to her estranged mother, Wanda (Miller), who offers little concern and instead accuses her of repeating the same destructive patterns that shaped her own childhood. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026 Some of them are now repeating the same tropes, this time to defend a state engaged in genocide. — Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026 Heavy graduation losses and a series of injuries underscored the difficulties of a small school like Chicago Christian repeating its success. — Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026 History was now repeating itself in the United States, Kristofcak thought. — Eyal Press, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repeating
  1. reiterating
  2. reciting
  3. echoing
  4. replicating
  5. chiming
  6. memorizing
  7. quoting
  8. renewing
Verb
  • Feige has spoken of Marvel’s commitment to diverse storytelling for years, reiterating his views while speaking to journalists last year.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Farhadi spoke very briefly about his next film, reiterating it will be shot in his native language of Farsi.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of reiterating
Verb
  • An outstretched hand After reciting the confessional, the Ne’ilah service adds one more prayer, not used in other services.
    — Reuven Kimelman, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Buyers are even reciting the specifics back to us unprompted.
    — Ali Aydan, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of reciting
Verb
  • Priced at $1,450, the pumps add an almost weightless quality to the outfit, with their barely-there construction echoing the transparency of the ribbon skirt.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • There is no noise of a breaking string echoing in the distance — the stage direction that pushed Chekhov’s final dramatic landscape toward Beckettian absurdism before Beckett was born.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of echoing
Verb
  • The stations are standardised, so capacity is added by replicating them, and this line is the blueprint for future local for local expansion, as per the release.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
  • My learning is more about understanding the mechanics of performance, the how, rather than replicating the why behind human emotions.
    — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of replicating
Verb
  • The loud-mouthed cameos from ex-soccer players Zlatan Ibrahimović and Eric Cantona in Nike’s World Cup hero film Rip the Script were indicative of this, chiming with an older, more arrogant vision of Nike seen in the ’90s and the aughts.
    — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Each barrel ahs a separate and independent gear train, one providing energy to the gear train that powers the time and perpetual calendar indications (with a 48-hour power reserve), and the other to the gear train that drives the chiming functions.
    — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of chiming
Verb
  • Ah yes—in addition to memorizing lines and choreography, Hiddleston and Atwell were both reckoning with sleep deprivation and toddler tantrums.
    — Zing Tsjeng, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Instead of memorizing how to navigate a trading platform, an investor of any experience level can now simply describe an objective in plain language.
    — John Bartleman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of memorizing
Verb
  • Multiple local news outlets, including newspaper Sing Tao and the South China Morning Post, said Tang Ho-wing, founder of Boom News, was arrested in the morning, quoting unidentified sources.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Corporate tax payments are down 25 percent this year, according to Warren’s letter, which cites Politico’s reporting quoting budget forecasters.
    — Justin Papp, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of quoting
Verb
  • For Thorpe, renewing this proposition of difference doesn’t necessarily mean more athletes, but more compelling athletes stories instead, where the players have influence and creative input — not just a standard sponsorship.
    — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
  • David Fincher isn’t renewing his pact at Netflix after his deal at the streamer expires next year.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of renewing

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“Repeating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repeating. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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