repetition
NounUS/ˌrɛpəˈtɪʃən/4 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (3)
- an event that repeats“the events today were a repeat of yesterday's”Synonyms: repeatType of periodic event, recurrent eventKinds cycle, recurrence, replay, sequence
- the act of doing or performing againSynonyms: repeatingType of continuance, continuationKinds renewal, replication, iteration, copying, reduplication, replay, redundancy, echolalia
- the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical deviceType of rhetorical deviceKinds gemination, epanaphora, symploce, ploce, epanodos, epanalepsis, anaphora, anadiplosis, epiphora, polyptoton
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Rep′e·ti′tion (rĕp′ē-tĭsh′ŭn), noun
Origin: L. repetitio: cf. F. répétition. See Repeat.
1. The act of repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration.
I need not be barren of accusations; he hath faults, with surplus to tire in repetition.— William Shakespeare
2. Recital from memory; rehearsal.
3. Music The act of repeating, singing, or playing, the same piece or part a second time; reiteration of a note.
4. Rhetoric Reiteration, or repeating the same word, or the same sense in different words, for the purpose of making a deeper impression on the audience.
5. Astron. & Surv. The measurement of an angle by successive observations with a repeating instrument.
Synonyms: Iteration; rehearsal. See Tautology.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54