Basic Details
Word: Repeated
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Done or happening again and again. Repeated is also the past tense of repeat: said or did something again.
Synonyms: recurring, frequent, constant, continual
Antonyms: single, rare
How to Spell Repeated
Syllables: re - peat - ed
Tricky part: Keep the ea of repeat and add ed. The t does not double, because the vowel sound before it is long.
Watch out for: repeted, repeatted, repited
Memory tip: Repeat has eat inside it: you might eat the same snack again and again, re-p-EAT-ed.
Usage Examples
Example 1: After repeated attempts, my brother finally solved the puzzle cube.
Example 2: The repeated beeping of the alarm woke the whole floor.
Example 3: Despite repeated reminders, he forgot his library book again.
Fun Fact
Repeat comes from Latin repetere, to go back to, which also gave English repetition. That is why repetition is spelt with e and i where repeat has ea.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word repeated as used in the sentence:
Repeated warnings about the broken railing were ignored until a student fell.
a) rare
b) silent
c) polite
d) frequent
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d) frequent. Frequent warnings come again and again, which is what repeated means; rare is the opposite.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
Ravi pdetaree the poem aloud until he could say it without looking.
a) operated
b) repealed
c) departed
d) repeated
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d) repeated. Find repeat in the jumble first; the leftover e and d make the ending ed.
Word Cookie
Fill in the missing letters to complete the word:
rep_a_ed
a) a, t
b) i, t
c) e, t
d) e, d
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c) e, t. Write repeat in full, with its ea and single t, then add ed.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A repeated mistake is one that ____.
a) is very small
b) happens again and again
c) happens only once
d) is fixed at once
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b) happens again and again
2. If a channel shows repeated episodes, it shows ____.
a) only adverts
b) old ones again
c) brand-new ones
d) live matches
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b) old ones again
