noun
Meaning 1
One who or that which repeats.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
repeater
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɹɪˈpiːtə(ɹ)/
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CMU ARPABET: R IH0 P IY1 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A student repeating a course, class, or grade.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: education
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noun
Meaning 3
A patient who repeatedly presents with the same symptoms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
A consumer who repeatedly purchases the same goods or services.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, marketing
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noun
Meaning 5
One who votes more than once at an election.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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noun
Meaning 6
A person who regularly sees unexplained sightings of paranormal phenomena.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences, ufology
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noun
Meaning 7
A gun that has a store of cartridges and does not need reloading after each shot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: single-shot
noun
Meaning 8
A telegraphic instrument for automatically retransmitting a message.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications, telegraphy
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noun
Meaning 9
An electronic device that receives a weak or low-level signal and retransmits it at a higher level or higher power.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
Meaning 10
A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, horology, lifestyle
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noun
Meaning 11
A frigate appointed to attend an admiral in a fleet, and to repeat the admiral's signals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Meaning 12
A pennant used to indicate that a certain flag in a hoist of signal is duplicated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Meaning 13
A repeating decimal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 14
In calico printing, a design repeated at equal intervals in a pattern.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles
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noun
Meaning 15
(electronics) electronic device that amplifies a signal before transmitting it again
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- repeaters can be used in computer networks to extend cabling distances
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: electronic device
noun
Meaning 16
a firearm that can fire several rounds without reloading
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: repeating firearm
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: firearm, piece, small-arm
Narrower terms: Mauser
noun
Meaning 17
someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: recidivist, habitual criminal
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor
noun
Meaning 18
a person who repeats
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the audience consisted largely of repeaters who had seen the movie many times
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English repeat Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English repeater From repeat + -er.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: рэтрансля́тар (retransljátar) — electronics: an electronic device that received a weak or low-level signal and retransmits it at a higher level or power
- Bulgarian: повторител (povtoritel) — electronics: an electronic device that received a weak or low-level signal and retransmits it at a higher level or power
- Bulgarian: ретрансла́тор (retranslátor) — electronics: an electronic device that received a weak or low-level signal and retransmits it at a higher level or power
- Catalan: repetidor — electronics: an electronic device that received a weak or low-level signal and retransmits it at a higher level or power
- Finnish: toistin — electronics: an electronic device that received a weak or low-level signal and retransmits it at a higher level or power
- French: répéteur — electronics: an electronic device that received a weak or low-level signal and retransmits it at a higher level or power
- Galician: repetidor — electronics: an electronic device that received a weak or low-level signal and retransmits it at a higher level or power
- Italian: traslatore — electronics: an electronic device that received a weak or low-level signal and retransmits it at a higher level or power
- Italian: ripetitore — electronics: an electronic device that received a weak or low-level signal and retransmits it at a higher level or power
- Russian: ретрансля́тор (retransljátor) — electronics: an electronic device that received a weak or low-level signal and retransmits it at a higher level or power
- Ukrainian: ретрансля́тор (retransljátor) — electronics: an electronic device that received a weak or low-level signal and retransmits it at a higher level or power
- Bulgarian: автоматична пушка (avtomatična puška) — a gun that has a store of cartridges and does not need reloading after each shot
- Czech: opakovací puška — a gun that has a store of cartridges and does not need reloading after each shot
- Czech: opakovačka — a gun that has a store of cartridges and does not need reloading after each shot
- Finnish: useastilaukeava ase — a gun that has a store of cartridges and does not need reloading after each shot
- Italian: automatico — a gun that has a store of cartridges and does not need reloading after each shot
- Italian: a ripetizione — a gun that has a store of cartridges and does not need reloading after each shot
- Italian: ripetizione — a gun that has a store of cartridges and does not need reloading after each shot
- Manx: gunn aacheau — a gun that has a store of cartridges and does not need reloading after each shot
- Māori: pū tiripapā — a gun that has a store of cartridges and does not need reloading after each shot
- Italian: avvistatore — a person who regularly sees unexplained sightings of paranormal phenomena
- Bulgarian: повтаряч (povtarjač) — a student repeating a course or class
- Catalan: repetidor — a student repeating a course or class
- Catalan: repetidora — a student repeating a course or class
- Chinese Cantonese: 留級生 /留级生 (lau4 kap1 sang1) — a student repeating a course or class
- Chinese Cantonese: 留班生 (lau4 baan1 sang1) — a student repeating a course or class
- Chinese Mandarin: 留級生 /留级生 (liújíshēng) — a student repeating a course or class
- Chinese Mandarin: 留班生 (liúbānshēng) — a student repeating a course or class
- Finnish: toistaja — a student repeating a course or class
- French: redoublant — a student repeating a course or class
- Galician: repetidor — a student repeating a course or class
- Galician: repetidora — a student repeating a course or class
- Italian: ripetente — a student repeating a course or class
- Portuguese: repetidor — a student repeating a course or class
- Portuguese: repetidora — a student repeating a course or class
- Portuguese: repetente — a student repeating a course or class
- Spanish: repetidor — a student repeating a course or class
- Spanish: repetidora — a student repeating a course or class