Repeater
(noun)
- A device that receives a signal and amplifies it to increase its range or strength.
- A person who repeats something that they have heard or seen.
- A person who performs the same action or task repeatedly.
Origin:
The word comes from the verb "repeat" meaning "to say or do something agai.n"
Examples:
- I installed a repeater to boost the wireless signal in my house.
- She was a repeater and would always repeat what she heard.
- The repeater in the train station helped the signal stay strong throughout the trip.
- He was a repeater in mathematics and had to retake the class.
- She was a repeater in the spelling bee and knew all the words.