 repetition |
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| 1. | [ noun ] an event that repeats | |
| Synonyms: | repeat | |
| Examples: | "the events today were a repeat of yesterday's" |
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| Related terms: | periodic_event cycle recurrence replay sequence repeat duplicate recur | |
| 2. | [ noun ] the act of doing or performing again | |
| Synonyms: | repeating | |
| Related terms: | continuance renewal copying echolalia iteration reduplication redundancy replication duplicate | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (rhetoric) the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device | |
| Related terms: | rhetorical_device epanodos polyptoton epiphora gemination ploce epanalepsis epanaphora anaphora symploce anadiplosis | |
| Similar spelling: |
repetitious repetitive repetitively reputation refutation |
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