Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
Ambiguous or equivocal speech or discourse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Repetition of a word or phrase.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A series of two related works.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, nonstandard
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History
From Latin dilogia, from Ancient Greek διλογία (dilogía, “repetition”), from δίς (dís, “twice”) + -λογία (-logía, “-logy”).
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
