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 Synonyms for repeating
  1. reciting
  2. replicating
  3. renewing
Verb
  • Beyond Saturday Night trailer, released Tuesday, features SNL alums Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler, Kenan Thompson, Seth Meyers, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and more recalling their favorite sketches and reciting SNL’s famous, cold open outro.
    Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025
  • In the tape, filmed by our babysitter, June sits in a chair against a brick wall, reciting her lines and picking at her knee, pensively.
    Lauren Hilgers, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of reciting
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  • Inspired by the challenge of replicating human-like precision in physical tasks, the team embarked on a journey to build a basketball-playing robot.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 27 Dec. 2024
  • The team attached seven commercially available strain gauges to a flexible wing structure replicating hummingbird wings.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of replicating
Verb
  • Why is Max not renewing its deal with Sesame Street?
    Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
  • While China has dismissed these allegations, claiming the facilities are merely service centers assisting citizens with tasks like renewing driver's licenses, critics and officials argue the operations serve a more sinister purpose.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of renewing
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