What does repetition mean?
Definitions for repetition
ˌrɛp ɪˈtɪʃ ənrep·e·ti·tion
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word repetition.
Princeton's WordNet
repeat, repetitionnoun
an event that repeats
"the events today were a repeat of yesterday's"
repetition, repeatingnoun
the act of doing or performing again
repetitionnoun
the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device
Wiktionary
repetitionnoun
The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated.
Etymology: From repetitionem (accusative singular of repetitio).
repetitionnoun
The act of performing a single, controlled exercise motion; also called a rep. A group of repetitions is a set.
Etymology: From repetitionem (accusative singular of repetitio).
Webster Dictionary
Repetitionnoun
the act of repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration
Repetitionnoun
recital from memory; rehearsal
Repetitionnoun
the act of repeating, singing, or playing, the same piece or part a second time; reiteration of a note
Repetitionnoun
reiteration, or repeating the same word, or the same sense in different words, for the purpose of making a deeper impression on the audience
Repetitionnoun
the measurement of an angle by successive observations with a repeating instrument
Freebase
Repetition
Repetition is the simple repeating of a word, within a sentence or a poetical line, with no particular placement of the words, in order to provide emphasis. This is such a common literary device that it is almost never even noted as a figure of speech. It also has connotations to listing for effect and is used commonly by famous poets such as Larkin.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Repetition
rep-ē-tish′un, n. act of repeating: recital from memory.—ns. Rep′etend, that part of a repeating decimal which recurs continually: the burden of a song; Repetent′, a tutor or private teacher in Germany.—adjs. Repeti′tional, Repeti′tionary.—n. Repeti′tioner.—adj. Repeti′tious, using undue repetitions.—n. Repeti′tiousness.—adj. Repet′itive.—n. Repet′itor, a repetent.
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Rank popularity for the word 'repetition' in Nouns Frequency: #2932
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of repetition in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of repetition in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of repetition in a Sentence
And the only way to build that stuff is repetition, and getting yourself in that position, because you're not going to experience it until you get in that situation. And the more you can get in contention, then you'll know what you did.
The repetition of the days have taught me to fear nothing in life except the fear of my own ignorance.
The person with a fixed goal, a clear picture of his desire, or an ideal always before him, causes it, through repetition, to be buried deeply in his subconscious mind and is thus enabled, thanks to its generative and sustaining power, to realize his goal in a minimum of time and with a minimum of physical effort. Just pursue the thought unceasingly. Step by step you will achieve realization, for all your faculties and powers become directed to that end.
As we reach midlife, we are not prepared for the idea that time can run out on us, or for the startling truth that if we don't hurry to pursue our own definition of a meaningful existence, life can become a repetition of trivial maintenance duties.
Abdul Baha, Paris Talks, p. 154:
If a person commit a crime against you, have not the right to forgive him; but the law must punish him in order to prevent a repetition of that same crime by others, as the pain of the individual is unimportant beside the general welfare of the people.
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Translations for repetition
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- إعادة, تكرارArabic
- паўтарэ́ннеBelarusian
- repeticióCatalan, Valencian
- opakováníCzech
- Wiederholung, RepetitionGerman
- επανάληψηGreek
- repeticiónSpanish
- تکرارPersian
- toisto, kertausFinnish
- répétitionFrench
- חזרהHebrew
- ismétlés, ismétlődésHungarian
- ripetizioneItalian
- 繰り返しJapanese
- 되풀이Korean
- repetitio unitatumLatin
- herhalingDutch
- repetiçãoPortuguese
- repetare, repetițieRomanian
- повторе́ниеRussian
- ponovitev, ponavljanjeSlovene
- repetitionSwedish
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