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Repetition Very Common

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Repetition has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an event that repeats

"the events today were a repeat of yesterday's"

2

the act of doing or performing again

"The coach insisted on repetition, making us run the same drill over and over until our form was perfect."

3

the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device

"The poet relied on repetition to drive home her urgent message about climate change."

4

The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated.

"The coach praised the team's repetition, noting how their perfect form had finally clicked after practicing the same drill for hours."

Verb
1

To petition again.

"The lawyer filed a motion for repetition after the initial request was denied by the judge."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
periodic event continuance rhetorical device
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
sequence cycle replay recurrence echolalia iteration redundancy reduplication copying renewal replication anadiplosis epanalepsis epanodos epiphora gemination ploce polyptoton epanaphora anaphora symploce
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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