Definition of repetition
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: a motion or exercise (such as a push-up) that is repeated and usually counted
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Examples of repetition in a Sentence
Sometimes repetition is necessary to drive a point home.
Children's songs involve lots of repetition.
I quit my job at the factory because I hated the mindless repetition.
Recent Examples of repetition from the Web
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Politicians and advertisers often try to exploit this bias toward belief, through techniques such as repetition, which can add an air of truth to a statement over time.
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Nobody thinks that an evacuation could be completed in a repetition of this scenario.
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These repetitions, though, are very important for first-year players.
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If predictable repetition, discernible vocals and body-calming tempos are crucial to your enjoyment of music, Born Of Osiris won’t be your idea of a good time.
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Meanwhile, both Swansea and Crystal Palace see the Dane as a player who could fire them away from relegation danger, as the pairing look to avoid a repetition of this term next time around.
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On Saturday, Jackson took most of his repetitions behind Josh Woodrum, who starred for the Ravens in the preseason last year and spent much of the season on the team’s practice squad.
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Her lyrical repetitions and abstractions can be as poetic as prayer.
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His 14 repetitions in the bench press on Sunday tied him for 35th among the defensive backs.
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Origin and Etymology of repetition
Middle English repeticion, from Middle French, from Latin repetition-, repetitio, from repetere to repeat
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First Known Use: 15th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1a
See Words from the same yearrepetition Synonyms
Synonyms
duplication, iteration, redo, reduplication, reiteration, renewal, repeat, replay, replication, reprise;
REPETITION Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of repetition for English Language Learners
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: the act of saying or doing something again : the act of repeating something
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: something that is done or said again
REPETITION Defined for Kids
Definition of repetition for Students
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: the act or an instance of stating or doing again
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: something stated or done again
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