repetition
English Thesaurus
1. the act of doing or performing again (noun.act)
| hyponym | : | echolalia, |
| definition | : | (psychiatry) mechanical and meaningless repetition of the words of another person (as in schizophrenia) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | iteration, |
| definition | : | doing or saying again; a repeated performance (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | redundancy, |
| definition | : | repetition of an act needlessly (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | copying, |
| definition | : | an act of copying (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | action replay, instant replay, replay, |
| definition | : | the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | renewal, |
| definition | : | the act of renewing (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | replication, |
| definition | : | the repetition of an experiment in order to test the validity of its conclusion (noun.act) |
2. the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | rhetorical device, |
| definition | : | a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | anadiplosis, reduplication, |
| definition | : | repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | epanalepsis, |
| definition | : | repetition after intervening words (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | epanodos, |
| definition | : | repetition of a group of words in reverse order (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | epiphora, epistrophe, |
| definition | : | repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc. (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | gemination, |
| definition | : | the doubling of a word or phrase (as for rhetorical effect) (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | ploce, |
| definition | : | (rhetoric) repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | polyptoton, |
| definition | : | repetition of a word in a different case or inflection in the same sentence (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | anaphora, epanaphora, |
| definition | : | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | anaphora, |
| definition | : | using a pronoun or similar word instead of repeating a word used earlier (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | symploce, |
| definition | : | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses, i.e., simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe (noun.communication) |
3. an event that repeats (noun.event)
| hyponym | : | sequence, |
| definition | : | several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys (noun.event) |
| hyponym | : | cycle, |
| definition | : | a periodically repeated sequence of events (noun.event) |
| hyponym | : | rematch, replay, |
| definition | : | something (especially a game) that is played again (noun.event) |
| hyponym | : | recurrence, return, |
| definition | : | happening again (especially at regular intervals) (noun.event) |
4. the act of doing or performing again (noun.act)
5. an event that repeats (noun.event)
| derivation | : | recur, repeat, |
| definition | : | happen or occur again (verb.change) |
6. the act of doing or performing again (noun.act)
7. an event that repeats (noun.event)
| derivation | : | recur, repeat, |
| definition | : | happen or occur again (verb.change) |
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