repetition Meaning, Definition & Usage
-
noun an event that repeats
repeat.
- the events today were a repeat of yesterday's
-
noun the act of doing or performing again
repeating.
-
noun the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device
WordNet
Rep`e*ti"tion noun
Etymology
L.Definitions
-
The act of repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration. I need not be barren of accusations; he hath faults, with surplus to tire in repetition. Shak.
-
Recital from memory; rehearsal. -
(Mus.) The act of repeating, singing, playing, the same piece or part a second time; reiteration of a note. -
(Rhet.) Reiteration, or repeating the same word, or the same sense in different words, for the purpose of making a deeper impression on the audience. -
(Astron. & Surv.) The measurement of an angle by successive observations with a repeating instrument. Syn. -- Iteration; rehearsal. See Tautology .