repetition

 
Pronunciation: /rɛpɪˈtɪʃ(ə)n/

noun

[mass noun]
  • 1the action of repeating something that has already been said or written: her comments are worthy of repetition [count noun]: a repetition of his reply to the delegation
  • [count noun] archaic a piece set by a teacher to be learned by heart and recited.
  • 2 [often with negative] the recurrence of an action or event: there was to be no repetition of the interwar years [count noun]: I didn’t want a repetition of the scene in my office that morning
  • [count noun] a thing repeated: the geometric repetitions of Islamic art
  • [count noun] a training exercise which is repeated, especially a series of repeated raisings and lowerings of the weight in weight training: lie on your back and bench-press a light weight very quickly over ten repetitions
  • Music the repeating of a passage or note: the tune is full of melodic repetition and sequence

Derivatives

repetitional

adjective

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French repeticion or Latin repetitio(n-), from repetere (see repeat)

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