repeating
Definition
Noun: 1. The act of doing or performing again: The action of saying, doing, or occurring for a second or further time; repetition.
Usage
The word "repeating" functions as a noun (gerund) to describe the process or instance of repetition itself. It is often used in formal or descriptive contexts to discuss cyclical actions, patterns, or recurring events.
Examples
- The repeating of the chorus makes the song easy to remember.
- His constant repeating of the same story became tiresome.
- The experiment requires the repeating of the procedure three times for accuracy.
- We observed the repeating of a historical pattern in the data.
Advanced Usage
- "repeating of": This common collocation is used to specify what is being repeated.
- The repeating of the mistake led to his dismissal.
- In technical contexts, "repeating" can describe mechanisms or patterns that recur, such as a "repeating decimal" in mathematics or a "repeating rifle" in firearms (note: these are compound nouns where "repeating" acts as an adjective).
Variants and Related Words
- Repeat (verb): To say or do something again.
- Please repeat the question.
- Repetition (noun): The act or an instance of repeating; a thing repeated. This is a more common synonym for "repeating" as a noun.
- Learning a language requires a lot of repetition.
- Repetitive (adjective): Involving or characterized by repetition, often to a tedious degree.
- The work was very repetitive.
Synonyms
- Repetition
- Reiteration
- Recurrence
- Iteration
Related Phrases
- Repeating oneself: The act of saying the same thing again.
- I apologize for repeating myself, but this point is crucial.
- History repeating itself: An idiom meaning that events or patterns from the past are occurring again in the present.
- The economic crisis felt like history repeating itself.
Noun
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the act of doing or performing again
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