About The Word Repetition
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Repetition
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What's The Definition Of Repetition?
[n] the act of doing or performing again
[n] the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device [n] an event that repeats; "the events today were a repeat of yesterday's" Synonyms | Synonyms for Repetition: repeat | repeating Related Terms | Find terms related to Repetition: See Also | anadiplosis | anaphora | continuance | continuation | copying | cycle | echolalia | epanalepsis | epanaphora | epanodos | epiphora | epistrophe | gemination | iteration | periodic event | ploce | polyptoton | recurrence | recurrent event | redundancy | reduplication | reduplication | reiteration | rematch | renewal | replay | replication | return | rhetorical device | sequence | symploce Repetition In Webster's Dictionary \Rep`e*ti"tion\ (r[e^]p`[-e]-t[i^]sh"[u^]n), n. [L.
repetitio: cf. F. r['e]p['e]tition. See {Repeat}.]
1. The act of repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration.
I need not be barren of accusations; he hath faults,
with surplus to tire in repetition. --Shak.
2. Recital from memory; rehearsal.
3. (Mus.) The act of repeating, singing, or playing, the same
piece or part a second time; reiteration of a note.
4. (Rhet.) Reiteration, or repeating the same word, or the
same sense in different words, for the purpose of making a
deeper impression on the audience.
5. (Astron. & Surv.) The measurement of an angle by
successive observations with a repeating instrument.
Syn: Iteration; rehearsal. See {Tautology}.
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