adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ɹɪˈpiːtɪdli/
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CMU ARPABET:R IH0 P IY1 T IH0 D L IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adv
Meaning 1
Done several times or in repetition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
He repeatedly violated the court order, and shall now be punished.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adverb
Meaning 2
several time
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
it must be washed repeatedly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English repeated Middle English -ly English -ly English repeatedly From repeated + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
повторно
(povtorno)
— done several times
Bulgarian:
няколкократно
(njakolkokratno)
— done several times
Catalan:
repetidament
— done several times
Catalan:
reiteradament
— done several times
Chinese Mandarin:
反復 /反复
(fǎnfù)
— done several times
Chinese Mandarin:
多次
(duōcì)
— done several times
Chinese Mandarin:
一再
(yīzài)
— done several times
Czech:
opakovaně
— done several times
Danish:
gentagne gange
— done several times
Dutch:
herhaaldelijk
— done several times
Dutch:
meermaals
— done several times
Dutch:
telkens
— done several times
Dutch:
steeds
— done several times
Finnish:
toistuvasti
— done several times
French:
à plusieurs reprises à maintes reprises
— done several times
German:
wiederholt
— done several times
Italian:
ripetutamente
— done several times
Japanese:
繰り返して
(kurikaeshite)
— done several times
Kazakh:
қайта-қайта
(qaita-qaita)
— done several times
Kazakh:
дүркін-дүркін
(dürkın-dürkın)
— done several times
Korean:
거듭
(geodeup)
— done several times
Korean:
재삼재사
(jaesamjaesa)
— done several times
Latin:
crēbrō
— done several times
Latin:
frequenter
— done several times
Malayalam:
ആവർത്തിച്ച്
(āvaṟtticcŭ)
— done several times
Marathi:
सारखेसारखे वारंवार
(sārkhesārkhe)
— done several times
Persian:
مکرراً
(mokarraran)
— done several times
Persian:
بهکرات
(be-karrât)
— done several times
Persian:
بارها
(bârhâ)
— done several times
Polish:
wielokrotnie
— done several times
Portuguese:
repetidamente
— done several times
Romanian:
în mod repetat
— done several times
Romanian:
de mai multe ori
— done several times
Russian:
повто́рно
(povtórno)
— done several times
Russian:
неоднокра́тно
(neodnokrátno)
— done several times
Russian:
многокра́тно
(mnogokrátno)
— done several times
Scottish Gaelic:
uair is uair
— done several times
Spanish:
reiteradamente
— done several times
Spanish:
repetidamente
— done several times
Swedish:
upprepade gånger
— done several times
Telugu:
పదే పదే
(padē padē)
— done several times
Urdu:
بارہا
(bārhā)
— done several times
Urdu:
مکرراً
(mukarraran)
— done several times
Urdu:
مکرر
(mukarrar)
— done several times
Vietnamese:
lặp đi lặp lại
— done several times
Yiddish:
אַ סך מאָל
(a sakh mol)
— done several times
