adj
Meaning 1
Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary, no longer needed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
redundant
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
Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Repetitive or needlessly wordy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: etc
Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, publishing, writing
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Dismissed from employment because no longer needed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK
Examples
- Four employees were made redundant.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: surplus to requirements
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Duplicating or able to duplicate the function of another component of a system, providing backup in the event the other component fails.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 5
Containing duplicate pathways to send a message.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, networking, physical-sciences, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
repetition of same sense in different words- J.B.Conant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- `a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions
- the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological
- at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pleonastic, tautologic, tautological
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
more than is needed, desired, or required
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- trying to lose excess weight
- found some extra change lying on the dresser
- yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant
- skills made redundant by technological advance
- sleeping in the spare room
- supernumerary ornamentation
- it was supererogatory of her to gloat
- delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words
- extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts
- surplus cheese distributed to the needy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: excess, extra, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Latin redundāns, present participle of redundō (“to overflow, redound”), from red- (“again, back”) + undō (“to surge, flood”), from unda (“a wave”).
Across languages
Translations
101 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: فَائِض (fāʔiḍ) — superfluous
- Arabic: زَائِد (zāʔid) — superfluous
- Armenian: ավելորդ (avelord) — superfluous
- Basque: gehiegizko — superfluous
- Bulgarian: излишен (izlišen) — superfluous
- Catalan: redundant — superfluous
- Chinese Mandarin: 冗杂 (rǒngzá) — superfluous
- Chinese Mandarin: 冗余 (rǒngyú) — superfluous
- Czech: nadbytečný — superfluous
- Danish: overflødig — superfluous
- Dutch: overbodig — superfluous
- Dutch: overtollig — superfluous
- Dutch: achterhaald — superfluous
- Esperanto: superflua — superfluous
- Estonian: ülearune — superfluous
- Estonian: üleliigne — superfluous
- Finnish: liiallinen — superfluous
- French: redondant — superfluous
- Galician: redundante — superfluous
- Georgian: ზედმეტი (zedmeṭi) — superfluous
- Georgian: ნამეტი (nameṭi) — superfluous
- Georgian: გადამეტებული (gadameṭebuli) — superfluous
- Georgian: ჭარბი (č̣arbi) — superfluous
- German: überflüssig — superfluous
- Greek: πλεονάζων (pleonázon) — superfluous
- Greek: παραπανίσιος (parapanísios) — superfluous
- Greek: υπεράριθμος (yperárithmos) — superfluous
- Greek: περισσός (perissós) — superfluous
- Hebrew: מיותר (meyutár) — superfluous
- Hungarian: felesleges — superfluous
- Hungarian: redundáns — superfluous
- Hungarian: szükségtelen — superfluous
- Hungarian: mellőzhető — superfluous
- Hungarian: nélkülözhető — superfluous
- Irish: iomarcach — superfluous
- Italian: ridondante — superfluous
- Italian: iperverboso — superfluous
- Italian: copioso — superfluous
- Italian: sovrabbondante — superfluous
- Italian: pleonastico — superfluous
- Korean: 여분의 (yeobunui) — superfluous
- Korean: 불필요한 (bulpiryohan) — superfluous
- Latvian: lieks — superfluous
- Lithuanian: perteklinis — superfluous
- Lithuanian: nereikalingas — superfluous
- Macedonian: излишен (izlišen) — superfluous
- Manchu: ᠯᠠᠮᡦᠠ (lampa) — superfluous
- Māori: tāwere — superfluous
- Norwegian: overflødig — superfluous
- Persian: افرونگی (afzunegi) — superfluous
- Polish: nadmiarowy — superfluous
- Polish: nadmierny — superfluous
- Polish: redundantny — superfluous
- Portuguese: redundante — superfluous
- Romanian: redundant — superfluous
- Russian: изли́шний (izlíšnij) — superfluous
- Serbo-Croatian: су̏вӣшан — superfluous
- Serbo-Croatian: и̏злишан — superfluous
- Serbo-Croatian: редунда̀нтан — superfluous
- Serbo-Croatian: sȕvīšan — superfluous
- Serbo-Croatian: ȉzlišan — superfluous
- Serbo-Croatian: redundàntan — superfluous
- Serbo-Croatian: zalihosan — superfluous
- Slovak: nadbytočný — superfluous
- Slovak: prebytočný — superfluous
- Slovak: redundantný — superfluous
- Slovene: odvečen — superfluous
- Spanish: superfluo — superfluous
- Spanish: redundante — superfluous
- Swedish: överflödig — superfluous
- Turkish: ihtiyaçtan fazla — superfluous
- Turkish: fazla — superfluous
- Turkish: gereğinden fazla — superfluous
- Turkish: lüzumundan fazla — superfluous
- Turkish: yedek — superfluous
- Turkish: lüzumsuz — superfluous
- Turkish: gereksiz — superfluous
- Ottoman Turkish: آرتق (artık) — superfluous
- Ukrainian: надлишковий (nadlyškovyj) — superfluous
- Vietnamese: rườm rà — superfluous
- Vietnamese: dư thừa — superfluous
- Arabic: حَشْو (ḥašw) — needlessly wordy
- Bulgarian: многословен (mnogosloven) — needlessly wordy
- Catalan: redundant — needlessly wordy
- Finnish: liikasanainen — needlessly wordy
- Galician: redundante — needlessly wordy
- Georgian: სიტყვაგრძელი (siṭq̇vagrʒeli) — needlessly wordy
- Georgian: სიტყვამრავალი (siṭq̇vamravali) — needlessly wordy
- Georgian: გაჭიანურებული (gač̣ianurebuli) — needlessly wordy
- German: redundant — needlessly wordy
- German: überzählig — needlessly wordy
- German: doppelt gemoppelt — needlessly wordy
- Greek: περίσσιος (períssios) — needlessly wordy
- Hungarian: terjengős — needlessly wordy
- Japanese: 冗長 (jōchō) — needlessly wordy
- Norwegian: redundant — needlessly wordy
- Norwegian: overflødig — needlessly wordy
- Persian: حشو (hašv) — needlessly wordy
- Polish: rozwlekły — needlessly wordy
- Romanian: redundant — needlessly wordy
- Spanish: redundante — needlessly wordy
Real reading context