repetition
n.
act of repeating, reiteration, act of redoing something
Repetition
repetition
Noun
1. an event that repeats; "the events today were a repeat of yesterday's"
(synonym) repeat
(hypernym) periodic event, recurrent event
(hyponym) sequence
(derivation) recur, repeat
2. the act of doing or performing again
(synonym) repeating
(hypernym) continuance, continuation
(hyponym) echolalia
(derivation) duplicate, reduplicate, double, repeat, replicate
3. the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device
(hypernym) rhetorical device
(hyponym) anadiplosis, reduplication
répétition (f)
n.
repetition, rehearsal, duplication, recurrence, reiteration, repeat
Repetition
(n.)
The measurement of an angle by successive observations with a repeating instrument.
(n.)
The act of repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration.
(n.)
The act of repeating, singing, or playing, the same piece or part a second time; reiteration of a note.
(n.)
Reiteration, or repeating the same word, or the same sense in different words, for the purpose of making a deeper impression on the audience.
(n.)
Recital from memory; rehearsal.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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