repeater
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- noun
- /rɪˈpiːtər/
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repetidor
- One may also find in these schools repeaters who failed the standard eight examination in their own districts, now trying again to pass under assumed Maasai names?
Examples
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Remember also that your MBE scores will usually go back up to where you were right before the exam, with or without substantive review. The students I work with who are repeaters generally have their percentages back to where they were right before the exam simply by doing and correcting the MBEs.
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Of course, there are fewer repeat shoppers than there are first-timers, but the average amount repeaters spend means they are accounting for a bigger proportion of overall revenue.
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- Two classes per week for repeaters in Science.
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Watch out for grabbers and repeaters.
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As a dedicated learner, she is a frequent repeater in the advanced French class, attending every session.
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The organization offers special support for repeaters who are trying to improve their test scores.
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He is known as a repeater in the local debate club, returning each semester to hone his skills.
Synonyms
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3.7
A person who regularly goes to a place or event
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4.9
A person who keeps saying the same thing until others get annoyed
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5.0
A person who regularly goes to the same place, often as a customer
A person or thing that repeats the same action many times
Antonyms
How Often
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Repeater comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and the verb repeat meaning 'to do again'. So a repeater is a person who does the same thing 'again and again', which is why the word describes someone who returns to the same action.