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Webster 1913 Edition

Repetition

Repˊe-ti′tion

(rĕpˊē̍-tĭsh′ŭn)
,
Noun.
[L.
repetitio
: cf. F.
répétition
. See
Repeat
.]
1.
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
.
Shakespeare
2.
Recital from memory; rehearsal.
3.
(Mus.)
The act of repeating, singing, or playing, the same piece or part a second time; reiteration of a note.
4.
(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.
5.
(Astron. & Surv.)
The measurement of an angle by successive observations with a repeating instrument.
Syn. – Iteration; rehearsal. See
Tautology
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Repetition

REPETI'TION

,
Noun.
[L. repetitio. See Repeat.]
1.
The act of doing or uttering a second time; iteration of the same act, or of the same words or sounds.
2.
The act of reciting or rehearsing; the act of reading over.
3.
Recital.
4.
Recital from memory, as distinct from reading.
5.
In music, the art of repeating, singing or playing the same part a second time.
6.
In rhetoric, reiteration, or a repeating the same word, or the same sense in different words, for the purpose of making a deeper impression on the audience.

Definition 2024

repetition

repetition

See also: répétition

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɛpəˈtɪʃən/

Noun

repetition ‎(countable and uncountable, plural repetitions)

  1. The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated.
    • 1915, Emerson Hough, The Purchase Price, chapterII:
      Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.
  2. (weightlifting): The act of performing a single, controlled exercise motion; also called a rep. A group of repetitions is a set.
Translations
Related terms

Etymology 2

re- +‎ petition

Verb

repetition ‎(third-person singular simple present repetitions, present participle repetitioning, simple past and past participle repetitioned)

  1. To petition again.
    • 2011, Anneke Campbell, ‎Thomas Lizney, Be the Change (page 7)
      The group went through several rounds at different courts, petitioning and repetitioning, losing again and again.

Anagrams

Swedish

Noun

repetition c

  1. repetition; the act of repeating
  2. rehearsal

Declension

Inflection of repetition 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative repetition repetitionen repetitioner repetitionerna
Genitive repetitions repetitionens repetitioners repetitionernas

Derived terms

  • generalrepetition

Etymology

From Latin repetitionem (accusative singular of repetitio).

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