rep·e·ti·tion (r p  -tsh  n)n. 1. The act or process or an instance of repeating or being repeated. 2. A recitation or recital, especially of prepared or memorized material. [Middle English repeticioun, from Old French repeticion, from Latin repet  ti , repettin-, from repettus, past participle of repetere, to repeat; see repeat.]rep e·tition·al adj. |
repetition [ˌrɛpɪˈtɪʃən]
n
1. the act or an instance of repeating; reiteration
2. a thing, word, action, etc., that is repeated
3. a replica or copy
4. (Law) Civil and Scots law the recovery or repayment of money paid or received by mistake, as when the same bill has been paid twice
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| Noun | 1. | repetition - an event that repeats; "the events today were a repeat of yesterday's" periodic event, recurrent event - an event that recurs at intervals sequence - several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys cycle - a periodically repeated sequence of events; "a cycle of reprisal and retaliation" recurrence, return - happening again (especially at regular intervals); "the return of spring" |
| 2. | repetition - the act of doing or performing again continuance, continuation - the act of continuing an activity without interruption echolalia - (psychiatry) mechanical and meaningless repetition of the words of another person (as in schizophrenia) iteration - doing or saying again; a repeated performance redundancy - repetition of an act needlessly reiteration, reduplication - the act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof) copying - an act of copying action replay, instant replay, replay - the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape renewal - the act of renewing replication - the repetition of an experiment in order to test the validity of its conclusion; "scientists will not believe an experimental result until they have seen at least one replication" | |
| 3. | repetition - the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device rhetorical device - a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) anadiplosis, reduplication - repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next epanalepsis - repetition after intervening words epanodos - repetition of a group of words in reverse order epiphora, epistrophe - repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc. gemination - the doubling of a word or phrase (as for rhetorical effect) ploce - (rhetoric) repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning polyptoton - repetition of a word in a different case or inflection in the same sentence; "My own heart's heart" epanaphora, anaphora - repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses anaphora - using a pronoun or similar word instead of repeating a word used earlier symploce - repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses, i.e., simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe |
repetition
noun
1. recurrence, repeating, reappearance, duplication, echo He wants to avoid repetition of the confusion.
2. repeating, redundancy, replication, duplication, restatement, iteration, reiteration, tautology, recapitulation, repetitiousness He could have cut much of the repetition and saved pages.
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