repeating
/ɹɪˈpiːtɪŋ/ adjective C2- That repeats; repetitive.
- Of a firearm: capable of firing multiple times without needing recharging.
- Of a decimal: recurring.
- When reading out a repeating decimal, denotes where the periodic part begins. · one point two repeating three four
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“I took the amethyst brooch,” said Anne, as if repeating a lesson she had learned.
“If you worry me by repeating the same thing, I will not bring you any more to eat.”
MacDonald!” he kept repeating.
The cows swung placidly down the lane, and Anne followed them dreamily, repeating aloud the battle canto from _Marmion_--which had also been part of their English course the preceding winter and which Miss Stacy had made them learn off by heart--and exulting in its rushing lines and the clash of spears in its imagery.
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