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REPEATED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Recurring again and again
Example:
perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements
Synonyms:
perennial; recurrent; repeated
Classified under:
Similar:
continual (recurring regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb repeat
Context examples:
The scientists gave one group of young mice repeated doses of cocaine and another group doses of saline.
(What Causes Cocaine Addiction, NIH, US)
Harriet repeated expressions of approbation and praise from him—and Emma felt them to be in the closest agreement with what she had known of his opinion of Harriet.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Cognitive difficulties in patients with diabetes, caused by repeated episodes of low blood sugar, could be reduced with antioxidants, according to a new study.
(Antioxidants May Prevent Cognitive Impairment in Diabetes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The research reveals that the ability of a young organism to defend against repeated environmental stress may be an empty victory, because the animal may not live as long.
(Defending against environmental stressors may shorten lifespan, National Institutes of Health)
"Perhaps she is asleep," he repeated.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
For a year or more I had endeavoured to find a satisfactory answer to her often-repeated question, “What I would like to be?”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Thrice he tried to knock him over, then repeated the trick and broke the right fore leg.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
This was repeated a number of times.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
The cook made repeated journeys to his bunk for money.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
He only smiled in his beard and repeated "Really! Really!" in the pitying tone one would use to a child.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
