REPEATED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does repeated mean? 

• REPEATED (adjective)
  The adjective REPEATED has 1 sense:

1. recurring again and again

  Familiarity information: REPEATED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REPEATED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Recurring again and again

Synonyms:

perennial; recurrent; repeated

Context example:

perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements

Similar:

continual (recurring regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series)

 Context examples 

Few cases present repeated and coordinated movements.

(Some plants are capable of ‘rubbing’ themselves for hours in order to achieve self fertilization, University of Granada)

The investigators then repeated the experiment, but this time treated the cerebral organoids with interferon 24 hours after infecting them.

(Cerebral organoid model provides clues about how to prevent virus-induced brain cell death, National Institutes of Health)

Depending on where the Roche limit is, this cycle may have repeated between three and seven times over billions of years.

(Does Mars Have Rings? Not Right Now, But Maybe One Day, NASA)

In vain was her “Pray, sir, don't; pray, Mr. Crawford,” repeated twice over; and in vain did she try to move away.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

"I wish't you'd listen to reason," she repeated, "an' come to dinner to-morrow."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The laugh was repeated in its low, syllabic tone, and terminated in an odd murmur.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The sound was repeated, and then there came a gentle tap at the door.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The whole history, repeated Anne, laughing.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Although the Northwestern scientists have not yet studied the effect of repeated nights of stimulation, this method could be a viable intervention for longer-term use in the home.

(Sound Waves Boost Older Adult' Memory, Deep Sleep, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Some mice exposed to repeated encounters with a dominant animal develop depression-like behaviors, while others don’t.

(Self-tuning neurons promote resilience to stress, depression, NIH)