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   repetition

   /ˌrɛpɪˈtɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action of repeating something that has already been said or written: "her comments are worthy of repetition" Similar reiterationrepeatingrestatementretellingiterationrecapitulationrecitalrehearsalinformal:recaprare:repriseiterancerepeatingechoingparrotingquotingcopyingecholalia
   • ▪ a piece set by a teacher to be learned by heart and recited. archaic
   • 2. the recurrence of an action or event: "there was to be no repetition of the interwar years" Similar recurrencereoccurrencerepeatrerunreplicationduplicationecho
   • ▪ a thing repeated: "the geometric repetitions of Islamic art"
   • ▪ a training exercise which is repeated, especially a series of repeated raisings and lowerings of the weight in weight training: "lie on your back and bench-press a light weight very quickly over ten repetitions"
   • ▪ the repeating of a passage or note: "the tune is full of melodic repetition and sequence"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French repeticion or Latin repetitio(n-), from repetere (see repeat).

   Derivatives

   • 1. repetitional adjective

   Scrabble Points: 12

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