repetition en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/
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- [ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.n̩]
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin repetitionem (accusative singular of repetitio; cf. French répétition). Doublet of repetitio. By surface analysis, repeat + -ition.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated.
How we hope and believe each day will be our last of anxious waiting! The post comes in, and there is no letter for us. How bitter is the disappointment! and on every repetition it grows more acute.
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The End of Doubt”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 288:The Lectures were a novelty in German philosophy, dominated as it was by the categories of Kant and Hegel, but to the rest of Europe they were merely a repetition of well-known theories.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 118:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.
1910, Emerson Hough, chapter II, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- (countable, uncountable) The act of performing a single, controlled exercise motion. A group of repetitions is a set.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| repetitions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
nonrepetition · spaced repetition · repetitionary · pulse repetition time · repetition time · repetitional · repetitionless · overrepetition
Meronyms
Relateds
have seen this movie · repetitious
Synonyms
repetition · rep · recurrence (instance of repeating) · reprise · reiteration
Translations (86)
sh понављање (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · pl powtórka (act of repeating an exercise motion) · cy ail-wneud (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · sl ponovitev (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · it ripetizione (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · kk қайталау (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · ko 되풀이 (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · az təkrar (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · he חֲזָרָה (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · ca repetició (act of repeating an exercise motion) · ja 反復 (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · da gentagelse (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · ga athsheinm (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · cy ailadroddiad (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · grc ἐπανάληψις (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · pt repetição (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · ca repetició (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · ga athrá (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · uz qaytariq (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · nb gjentakelse (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · ga athdhéanamh (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · tr tekrarlama (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · oc repeticion (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · ro repetiție (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · ar إِعَادَة (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · fi toisto (act of repeating an exercise motion) · nl herhaling (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · tl again (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · la repetītiō (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · ru зау́чивание наизу́сть (act of repeating an exercise motion) · pl repetycja (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · sq përsëritje (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · el επανάληψη (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · uz takror (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · grc διλογία (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · de Wiederholung (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · cmn 重複 /重复 (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · tr tekrar (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · io itero (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · ru повторе́ние (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · ba ҡабатлау (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · tg такрор (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · ky кайталоо (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · ja 繰り返し (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · sl ponavljanje (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · ka გამეორება (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · sv repetition (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · uk повто́рення (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · bg повторе́ние (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · gl repetición (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · pl powtórzenie (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · fi toisto (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · hu ismétlés (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · sk opakovanie (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · et kordamine (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · la iterātiō (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · fi kertaus (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · nrf répétition (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · ru повторе́ние (act of repeating an exercise motion) · cs opakování (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · ro repetare (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · fa تکرار (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · lv atkārtojums (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · ota تكرار (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · be паўтарэ́нне (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · mr पुनरावृत्ती (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · hy կրկնություն (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · ko 반복 (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · sh ponavljanje (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · es repetición (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · el απαντώ (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · ar تَكْرَار (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · hu ismétlődés (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · ga atarlú (reoccurrence) (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · sv upprepning (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · lt kartojimas (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · cy dychweliad (reoccurrence) (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · pl repetycja (act of repeating an exercise motion) · de Repetition (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · ml ആവർത്തനം (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · mk повторување (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · ro repetare (act of repeating an exercise motion) · bg науча́ване наизу́ст (act of repeating an exercise motion) · fr répétition (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · mi tāruaruatanga (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) · pl powtórka (act or an instance of repeating or being repeated)