repeating

Other forms of repeating

plural

repeatings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about repeating

What does repeating mean?

repeating means "the act of doing or performing again".

How many syllables are in repeating?

repeating has 3 syllables: re-pea-ting. The stress falls on "pea". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈpitɪŋ/.

What is another word for repeating?

Close synonyms include repetition. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is repeating a common word?

repeating is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.