# repeater

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹɪˈpiːtə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #33,392

## Definitions
1. One who or that which repeats.
2. A student repeating a course, class, or grade.
3. A patient who repeatedly presents with the same symptoms.
4. A consumer who repeatedly purchases the same goods or services.
5. One who votes more than once at an election.
6. A person who regularly sees unexplained sightings of paranormal phenomena.
7. A gun that has a store of cartridges and does not need reloading after each shot.
8. A telegraphic instrument for automatically retransmitting a message.
9. An electronic device that receives a weak or low-level signal and retransmits it at a higher level or higher power.
10. A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters.
11. A frigate appointed to attend an admiral in a fleet, and to repeat the admiral's signals.
12. A pennant used to indicate that a certain flag in a hoist of signal is duplicated.
13. A repeating decimal.
14. In calico printing, a design repeated at equal intervals in a pattern.

## Etymology
From repeat + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **reporter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repeater-vs-reporter)
- **repeat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repeat-vs-repeater)
- **repeated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repeated-vs-repeater)
- **repealed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repealed-vs-repeater)

## Common misspellings (11)
`erpeater`, `reepater`, `repaeter`, `repeaetr`, `repeaterr`, `repeatre`, `repeatter`, `repetaer`, `reppeater`, `rpeeater`, `rrepeater`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/repeater