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

Over the past six months, the Peruvian capital had also seen repeated protests over a wave of murders and attacks linked to extortion rackets.

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The last time stocks were knocked off their perch by tariff fears, the S&P 500 fell 19% before rebounding to repeated highs in recent months.

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Economists and other experts have long repeated the conventional wisdom that the stock market isn’t the economy, meaning that temporary pullbacks on Wall Street don’t always ripple as far as the average American’s pocketbook.

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Among other challenges to be confronted by whoever is in charge, repeated warnings from financial watchdogs that levels of social spending in Scotland are unsustainable.

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She repeated the administration’s position that the president acted within his constitutional authority as commander-in-chief to conduct the strikes.

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Related Words

• frequent 
• periodic 
• recurrent 
• recurring