repeatedre‧peat‧ed /rɪˈpiːtɪd/ ●○○ adjective [only before noun] 
repeated calls for change repeated attempts to kill him
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Repeated attempts to fix the satellite have failed.
- Massieu remains a free man, despite repeated attempts to arrest him on murder and drug charges.
- Motorists used the roads despite repeated warnings of snow.
- The torture involved repeated beatings and electric shock treatment.
- There have been repeated requests for the United Nations to send peace-keeping forces to the area.
- Coventry-born Painter, 21, sensed trouble soon after the start and made repeated efforts to keep the headgear in place.
- Don't be tentative or give repeated tugs which achieve nothing.
- He marked young leaves as they began to expand and then followed their fate by repeated observation.
- Make this point firmly, because the idea of anxiety-reduction with repeated exposure is one of the fundamental principles of the course.
- This phenomenon, in which an animal responds to a repeated stimulus by eventually disregarding it, is familiar to everyone.
- With anti-lock as standard, they respond smoothly and effectively to instruction and show no signs of fade during repeated hard stopping.
Longman Language Activatorhappening or doing something many times
· I've told you again and again - don't play ball near the windows.· They hit him again and again until he was unconscious.· This kind of ignorance is something that I see again and again.
: repeated attempts/efforts/requests/warnings etc attempts, efforts, that someone tries to make many times but without getting the result they want: · Motorists used the roads despite repeated warnings of snow.· Repeated attempts to fix the satellite have failed.
recurrent or recurring problems, illnesses, ideas etc happen repeatedly, especially in a way that is difficult to stop or control: · Flooding is a recurrent problem in countries such as Bangladesh.· a recurrent infection· Men trying to escape from the women who love them is a recurrent theme in Greene's novels.recurring dream/nightmare: · I have this recurring dream in which my teeth are black and rotted.
use this to say that something happens a lot of times or when you have to do something a lot of times, especially when this makes you annoyed or impatient: · I've told him over and over again not to call me at work, but he won't listen.· She practised the lines over and over again until they were word perfect.
often happening or often done · His job involved making frequent trips to Saudi Arabia.· The doctor recommended frequent salt baths to help the wound heal.· My duties brought me into frequent contact with Captain Nagumo. · As the treatment began to take effect, her headaches became less frequent.frequent visitor/traveller/flier etc (=someone who visits, uses something etc frequently) · As a frequent business traveler, I have spent many nights in bland hotel rooms. · Simmons is a frequent guest on daytime TV talk shows.
repeated actions are done on several occasions, especially because they do not have any effect at first: · The torture involved repeated beatings and electric shock treatment.· There have been repeated requests for the United Nations to send peace-keeping forces to the area.· Massieu remains a free man, despite repeated attempts to arrest him on murder and drug charges.
done often as a habit, especially when this is annoying to other people: · Ingrained attitudes and habitual ways of thinking are very difficult to change.· Tony's habitual laziness became even more extreme in winter, and he would sometimes stay in bed until mid afternoon.habitual drinker/gambler/drug user/offender/felon etc (=someone who does something bad or illegal): · My father was a habitual gambler, until my mother packed her bags and threatened to leave.· It is estimated that as many as half the young men in the community are habitual drug users.
use this about things that annoy you because they happen repeatedly over a long time: · It's impossible to work with these constant interruptions.· We've had continual problems with the computer system ever since it was installed.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES oft-repeated advice
(=happening again and again)· Repeated absences from school can lead to children falling behind.
· Repeated accusations of neglect were made against the authorities.
oft-repeated advice· Medieval literature contains frequent references to insanity.
· The bank would not reveal its figures, despite repeated requests.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· The growth of competition put paid to repeated attempts by the railways and the political authorities to establish a financially viable railway.· Despite repeated attempts by central Television to speak to Sarejevo Child Lifeline, no one was available for comment.· Nor did it ever completely disappear, despite repeated attempts to extirpate it.· Bereavement counselling - where there is no hope of conception or repeated attempts at treatment have not resulted in conception.
· Make this point firmly, because the idea of anxiety-reduction with repeated exposure is one of the fundamental principles of the course.· Like the Zionist experience too, this yearning is reinforced by repeated exposure to legal and physical vulnerability.· Such aggregations not only promote transmission of micro-organisms but through repeated exposure allow large doses of these.· The Vascars have, of course, become headless through repeated exposure to Tramen-exhalation.
· And despite repeated requests, there are occasions when Groups relate directly to Area Secretaries instead of Coordinators, as previously agreed.· Despite repeated requests, the magistrates who gave Hagans bail refused to be interviewed.· Barclays Bank would not divulge its figures despite repeated requests over a period of three weeks.· The governing body had refused to consider holding an open meeting, despite repeated requests from parents and some governors.
· Ignore the fact that a nut may be weakened by repeated use as hammer.· Physiological addiction may occur after repeated use of analgesics for relief from chronic pain.· This is a contemporary, well validated, 22 item self report scale developed for repeated use by patients with cancer.· Because of the repeated use of the name Frederick, it is easiest to identify Frederick Barbarossa by his nickname.
WORD FAMILYadjectiverepeatedrepetitiverepetitiousrepeatable ≠ unrepeatablenounrepeatrepetitionadverbrepeatedlyrepetitivelyverbrepeat
done or happening again and again: repeated calls for change repeated attempts to kill him