repeatable
Definition
Adjective: 1. Able to be done or said again: Capable of being replicated or performed another time, often with consistent results. 2. Suitable for being said again; fit to be repeated or quoted: Of language or statements, acceptable or decent enough to be spoken again in polite or public company.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective (Able to be done again):
- A scientific experiment must be repeatable for its results to be considered valid.
- The software bug was repeatable; we could make it happen every time by following the same steps.
- Adjective (Fit to be said again):
- The comedian's jokes were clever and entirely repeatable.
- He was careful to give a repeatable, official statement to the press.
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used in its negative form ("not repeatable" or "unrepeatable") to describe something, especially language, that is offensive, vulgar, or too private to be shared.
- His angry outburst included words that are not repeatable here.
- She told him an unrepeatable joke.
Variants and Related Words
- Repeat (verb): To say or do something again.
- Repeatability (noun): The quality of being repeatable, especially in scientific contexts.
- Repeated (adjective): Done or said again and again.
- Unrepeatable (adjective): Not able to be done again, or not fit to be repeated.
Synonyms
- Reproducible: (Especially for actions/experiments) Capable of being reproduced or duplicated.
- Quotable: Suitable or worthy of being quoted.
- Decent: Conforming with generally accepted standards of respectable behavior.
Antonyms
- Unrepeatable: Not fit to be repeated.
- Unique: Being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else.
- Irreproducible: Not able to be reproduced or replicated.
Adjective
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able or fit to be repeated or quoted
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what he said was not repeatable in polite company
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he comes up with so many quotable phrases
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