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Word:
repetition
IPA transcription: [ɹ,ɛpət'ɪʃən]
Pronunciations of repetition
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noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
repeat, repetition
Meaning:
an event that repeats; "the events today were a repeat of yesterday's"
Synonyms:
repetition, repeating
Meaning:
the act of doing or performing again
Synonyms:
repetition
Meaning:
the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device
Usage examples
There is a repetition of the ballet this afternoon."
Through sheer repetition, Paul began almost to believe in it.
Yes," added she, nodding, "there will be a repetition of the crime.
To my mind this repetition adds emphasis, although it is a formal blur.
1876--To frustrate repetition of body-snatchers' attempt, reinterred deeper.
The repetition irritated the girl, whose nerves were strained to snapping point.
Mike came to the office next morning prepared for a repetition of the previous day.
The word evidently raised me in its respect; and indeed it is a large, good word, and will bear repetition.
The force of repetition is great; it is, in fact, taken by a vast majority of men as the equivalent of proof.
"I was making some tea, and I thought you would like to have a cup of tea." Her agitation betrayed itself in the repetition of the word.
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