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repetition
noun
1 repetition
An event that repeats.
synonym: repeat.
Roget 136:
frequency,
oftness†,
oftenness†,
commonness;
repetition
etc.
104;
normality
etc.
80;
example
(conformity)
82;
routine,
custom
(habit)
613.
regularity,
uniformity,
constancy,
clock-work precision;
punctuality
etc.
(exactness)
494;
even tenor;
system;
routine
etc.
(custom)
613;
formula;
rule
etc.
(form regulation)
697;
keynote,
standard,
model;
precedent
etc.
(prototype)
22;
conformity
etc.
82.
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Roget 143:
continuance,
continuation;
run;
perpetuation,
prolongation;
persistence
etc.
(perseverance)
604.1;
repetition
etc.
104.
Roget 104:
repetition,
iteration,
reiteration,
harping,
recurrence,
succession,
run;
battology,
tautology;
monotony,
tautophony;
rhythm
etc.
138;
diffuseness,
pleonasm,
redundancy.
chimes,
repetend,
echo,
ritornello†,
burden of a song,
refrain;
rehearsal;
rechauffe [Fr.],
rifacimento [It],
recapitulation.
cuckoo
etc.
(imitation)
19;
reverberation
etc.
408;
drumming
etc.
(roll)
407;
renewal
etc.
(restoration)
660.
twice-told tale;
old story,
old song;
second edition,
new edition;
reappearance,
reproduction,
recursion [Comp.];
periodicity
etc.
138.
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Roget 19:
imitation;
copying
etc.
v.;
transcription;
repetition,
duplication,
reduplication;
quotation;
reproduction;
mimeograph,
xerox,
facsimile;
reprint,
offprint.
mockery,
mimicry;
simulation,
impersonation,
personation;
representation
etc.
554;
semblance;
copy
etc.
21;
assimilation.
paraphrase,
parody,
take-off,
lampoon,
caricature
etc.
21.
plagiarism;
forgery,
counterfeit
etc.
(falsehood)
544;
celluloid.
imitator,
echo,
cuckoo†,
parrot,
ape,
monkey,
mocking bird,
mime;
copyist,
copycat;
plagiarist,
pirate.
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Roget 17:
similarity,
resemblance,
likeness,
similitude,
semblance;
affinity,
approximation,
parallelism;
agreement
etc.
23;
analogy,
analogicalness†;
correspondence,
homoiousia†,
parity.
connaturalness†,
connaturality†;
brotherhood,
family likeness.
alliteration,
rhyme,
pun.
repetition
etc.
104;
sameness
etc.
(identity)
13;
uniformity
etc.
16;
isogamy†.
analogue;
the like;
match,
pendant,
fellow companion,
pair,
mate,
twin,
double,
counterpart,
brother,
sister;
one's second self,
alter ego,
chip of the old block,
par nobile fratrum [Lat.],
Arcades ambo†,
birds of a feather,
et hoc genus omne [Lat.];
gens de meme famille [Fr.].
parallel;
simile;
type
etc.
(metaphor)
521;
image
etc.
(representation)
554;
photograph;
close resemblance,
striking resemblance,
speaking resemblance,
faithful likeness,
faithful resemblance.
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Roget 407:
roll
etc.
v.;
drumming
etc.
v.;
berloque†,
bombination†,
rumbling;
tattoo,
drumroll;
dingdong;
tantara†;
rataplan†;
whirr;
ratatat,
ratatat-tat;
rubadub;
pitapat;
quaver,
clutter,
charivari†,
racket;
cuckoo;
repetition
etc.
104;
peal of bells,
devil's tattoo;
reverberation
etc.
408.
[sound of railroad train rolling on rails]
clickety-clack.
hum,
purr.
[animals that hum]
hummingbird.
[animals that purr]
cat,
kitten
(animal sounds)
412.
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Dutch: herhalen, da capo, doublure, herhaling, iteratie
2 repetition
The act of doing or performing again.
synonym: repeating.
Dutch: herhaling
Polish: powtórzenie, powtórka
3 repetition
The repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device.
Polish: powtórzenie
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