Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The act or process or an instance of repeating or being repeated.
  • noun A recitation or recital, especially of prepared or memorized material.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of repeating, in any sense; iteration of the same act, word, sound, or idea.
  • noun Ye haue another sort of repetition when in one verse or clause of a verse ye iterate one word without any intermission, as thus: It was Maryne, Maryne that wrought mine woe.
  • noun That which is repeated.
  • noun Remembrance; recollection.
  • noun In Scots law, repayment of money erroneously paid.
  • noun Specifically, in music, the rapid reiteration or repercussion of a tone or chord, so as to produce a sustained effect, as upon the pianoforte and other stringed instruments.
  • noun Same as repeating action (which see, under repeat).
  • noun in mathematics, a partition in which a number occurs r times. Thus, 2 + 2 + 2 + 5 is a repetition of 3.
  • noun Synonyms and See recapitulate and pleonasm.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration.
  • noun Recital from memory; rehearsal.
  • noun (Mus.) The act of repeating, singing, or playing, the same piece or part a second time; reiteration of a note.
  • noun (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.
  • noun (Astron. & Surv.) The measurement of an angle by successive observations with a repeating instrument.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated.
  • noun weightlifting : The act of performing a single, controlled exercise motion; also called a rep. A group of repetitions is a set.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an event that repeats
  • noun the act of doing or performing again
  • noun the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English repeticioun, from Old French repeticion, from Latin repetītiō, repetītiōn-, from repetītus, past participle of repetere, to repeat; see repeat.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Latin repetitionem (accusative singular of repetitio).

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Examples

  • * @param integer $repetition The repetition number to set,

    マイコミジャーナル ???????????? 2010

  • * @param integer $repetition The repetition number to set,

    マイコミジャーナル ???????????? 2010

  • A good example: Bruce Anderson, the 70-year-old owner and editor of the Anderson Valley Advertiser the name repetition is just a coincidence, routinely takes on the powers that be in Northern California's pot-growing paradise of Mendocino County, and he does so with pitbull tenacity, exposing official abuse and garden-variety idiocy with equal relish.

    The Reporter Next Door Daniel Akst 2011

  • In Difference & Repetition in particular, Deleuze's sense of the term repetition is a product of his reading of Friedrich Nietzsche's eternal return in Thus Spoke Zarathustra.

    Notes on 'Repetition, Representation and Revolution: Deleuze and Blake's _America_' 2008

  • PHAEDRUS: Nonsense, Socrates; what you call repetition was the especial merit of the speech; for he omitted no topic of which the subject rightly allowed, and I do not think that any one could have spoken better or more exhaustively.

    Phaedrus 427? BC-347? BC Plato 1855

  • Then the lovers met, and the old Queen acquainted the two Princesses with all that had passed between Sayf al-Muluk and the Blue King and how the Prince had been nearhand to a captive’s death; but in repetition is no fruition.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Word repetition is something I think most writers try to excise from their writing.

    Word Repetition and Sundry marshallpayne1 2010

  • Word repetition is something I think most writers try to excise from their writing.

    Word Repetition and Sundry marshallpayne1 2010

  • Even if your child may not be verbalizing the new language right away, remember that repetition is the key to learning.

    Terrific Tips for Parents Who Want to Teach Their Child a Second Language « Esl Articles « Articles « Literacy News 2009

  • Exact repetition is part of every religion, every doctrine, the Pledge of Allegiance, every ritual.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009

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