repeatable

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /riˈpitəbəl/ UK /rɪˈpiːtəbəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
able to be done or reproduced again with the same result

A scientific finding must be repeatable to be considered reliable.

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Synonyms

1 adj · able to be done or... reproduciblereplicablerecurrent

Opposites

unrepeatableunique

Word family

Derived forms repeatability

Related forms repeat repetition repetitive

Etymology

From repeat + -able; repeat from Old French repeter, from Latin repetere ('to seek again, repeat'), from re- ('again') + petere ('to seek, aim at').

repetere Latin petere Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# repeatable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /riˈpitəbəl/
**IPA (UK):** /rɪˈpiːtəbəl/

## Meanings
1. able to be done or reproduced again with the same result

## Examples
- A scientific finding must be repeatable to be considered reliable.

## Synonyms
- reproducible
- replicable
- recurrent

## Antonyms
- unrepeatable
- unique

## Derived Forms
- repeatability

## Related Forms
- repeat
- repetition
- repetitive

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: repetere
- Root: petere

## Etymology
From repeat + -able; repeat from Old French repeter, from Latin repetere ('to seek again, repeat'), from re- ('again') + petere ('to seek, aim at').

## AI Etymology
Repeatable comes from repeat + -able; repeat from Old French repeter, from Latin repetere ('to seek again, repeat'), from re- ('again') + petere ('to seek, aim at'). The historical chain includes Latin repetere and Latin petere. Older glosses in the chain include "to seek again, repeat", "again", and "to seek, aim at", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, repeatable is best read as compound, suffixal formation, and borrowing, yielding an English adjective shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as an adjective, with the sense "able to be done or reproduced again with the same result". English derivatives include repeatability; related forms include repeat, repetition, and repetitive. The result is an English adjective whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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