repeated

[ri-pee-tid]

adjective

1. done, made, or said again and again.

   repeated attempts.

repeated

/ rɪˈpiːtɪd /

adjective

1. done, made, or said again and again; continual or incessant

Other Word Forms

• repeatedly adverb
• nonrepeated adjective
• unrepeated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of repeated¹

First recorded in 1605–15; repeat + -ed ²

Example Sentences

"Evidence shows these crimes are a complex web of harm which are often hidden, often repeated and too often overlooked," he said.

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The words “national security” will be repeated until they lose all meaning.

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They suggest that this protective feature may have helped ancient bryophytes, the plant group that includes mosses, move from water to land roughly 500 million years ago and survive repeated mass extinctions.

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He informed Hitler of his fears a week before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and may have repeated the message when he visited Hitler’s field headquarters near Rastenburg in February 1942.

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In the chaos of the evacuation and the repeated displacements that followed, Newman lost her Medicaid-managed care plan exemption, and with it, the ability to join the wait list or even see her medical team.

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Related Words

• frequent 
• periodic 
• recurrent 
• recurring