repetition
See also: répétition
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin repetitionem (accusative singular of repetitio; cf. French répétition). Doublet of repetitio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹɛpəˈtɪʃən/
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Noun
repetition (countable and uncountable, plural repetitions)
- The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], OCLC 21345056, page 288:
- 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.
- 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter II, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314:
- 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.
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- (weightlifting): The act of performing a single, controlled exercise motion. A group of repetitions is a set.
- Synonym: rep
Synonyms
- (act of repeating): See Thesaurus:repetition
- (instance of repeating): recurrence, reiteration; see also Thesaurus:reoccurrence
Related terms
- repetitious
Translations
act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
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act of repeating an exercise motion
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See also
- have seen this movie
Etymology 2
re- + petition
Alternative forms
- re-petition
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɹiːpəˈtɪʃən/
Verb
repetition (third-person singular simple present repetitions, present participle repetitioning, simple past and past participle repetitioned)
- To petition again.
- 2011, Anneke Campbell, Thomas Lizney, Be the Change (page 7)
- The group went through several rounds at different courts, petitioning and repetitioning, losing again and again.
- 2011, Anneke Campbell, Thomas Lizney, Be the Change (page 7)
Anagrams
- petitioner
Swedish
Etymology
From Latin repetītiō.
Noun
repetition c
- repetition; the act of repeating
- rehearsal
Declension
Declension of repetition | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | repetition | repetitionen | repetitioner | repetitionerna |
Genitive | repetitions | repetitionens | repetitioners | repetitionernas |
Derived terms
- generalrepetition
Related terms
- repetera
Further reading
- repetition in Svensk ordbok.