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- [ri-pee-ter]
- /rɪˈpi tər/
- /rɪˈpiːtə/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ri-pee-ter]
- /rɪˈpi tər/
Definitions of repeater word
- noun repeater a person or thing that repeats. 1
- noun repeater a repeating firearm. 1
- noun repeater Horology. a timepiece, especially a watch, that may be made to strike the hour or part of the hour. Compare clock watch. 1
- noun repeater Education. a pupil who repeats a course or group of courses that he or she has failed. 1
- noun repeater a person who votes illegally by casting more than one vote in the same election. 1
- noun repeater a person who has been convicted and sentenced for one crime, and later for another; recidivist. 1
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Origin of repeater
First appearance:
before 1570 One of the 33% oldest English words
First recorded in 1570-80; repeat + -er1
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Parts of speech for Repeater
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
repeater popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
repeater usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for repeater
noun repeater
- bad actor — a mean, ill-tempered, troublemaking, or evil person.
- chronograph — an accurate instrument for recording small intervals of time
- chronoscope — an instrument that registers small intervals of time on a dial, cathode-ray tube, etc
- clepsydra — an ancient device for measuring time by the flow of water or mercury through a small aperture
- criminal — A criminal is a person who regularly commits crimes.
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