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repetition

noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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  • /ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/
  • [ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.n̩]
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The act of performing a single, controlled exercise motion. A group of repetitions is a set.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, weightlifting

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rep

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To petition again.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the act of doing or performing again

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: repeating

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: continuance, continuation

Narrower terms: echolalia, iteration, redundancy, reduplication, reiteration, copying, replay, instant replay, action replay, renewal, replication

5

noun

Meaning 5

the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rhetorical device

Narrower terms: anadiplosis, reduplication, epanalepsis, epanodos, epiphora, epistrophe, gemination, ploce, polyptoton, epanaphora, anaphora, symploce

6

noun

Meaning 6

an event that repeats

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the events today were a repeat of yesterday's

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: repeat

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: periodic event, recurrent event

Narrower terms: sequence, cycle, replay, rematch, recurrence, return

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin repetitionem (accusative singular of repetitio; cf. French répétition). Doublet of repetitio. By surface analysis, repeat + -ition.

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *peth2- Proto-Indo-European *péth2eti Latin petō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin petītiōnembor. Old French peticiunbor. Middle English English petition English repetition From re- + petition.

Across languages

Translations

86 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: përsëritje — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Arabic: تَكْرَار (takrār) — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Arabic: إِعَادَة (ʔiʕāda) — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Armenian: կրկնություն (krknutʻyun) — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Azerbaijani: təkrar — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Bashkir: ҡабатлау (qabatlaw) — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Belarusian: паўтарэ́нне (pawtarénnje) — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Bulgarian: повторе́ние (povtorénie) — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Catalan: repetició — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Chinese Mandarin: 重複 /重复 (chóngfù) — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Czech: opakování — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Danish: gentagelse — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Dutch: herhaling — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Estonian: kordamine — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Finnish: kertaus — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Finnish: toisto — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • French: répétition — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Galician: repetición — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Georgian: გამეორება (gameoreba) — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • German: Wiederholung — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • German: Repetition — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Greek: επανάληψη (epanálipsi) — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Greek: απαντώ (apantó) — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Ancient Greek: ἐπανάληψις (epanálēpsis) — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Ancient Greek: διλογία (dilogía) — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Hebrew: חֲזָרָה (khazará) — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Hungarian: ismétlés — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Hungarian: ismétlődés — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Ido: itero — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Irish: athdhéanamh — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Irish: athrá — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Irish: athsheinm — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Irish: atarlú (reoccurrence) — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Italian: ripetizione — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Japanese: 繰り返し (kurikaeshi) — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Japanese: 反復 (hanpuku) — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Kazakh: қайталау (qaitalau) — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Korean: 되풀이 (doepuri) — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Korean: 반복 (banbok) — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Kyrgyz: кайталоо (kaytaloo) — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Latin: repetītiō — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Latin: iterātiō — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Latvian: atkārtojums — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Lithuanian: kartojimas — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Macedonian: повторување (povtoruvanje) — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Malayalam: ആവർത്തനം (āvaṟttanaṁ) — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Māori: tāruaruatanga — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Marathi: पुनरावृत्ती (punrāvŕttī) — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Norman: répétition — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gjentakelse — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Occitan: repeticion — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Persian: تکرار (takrâr) — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Polish: powtórzenie — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Polish: repetycja — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Polish: powtórka — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Portuguese: repetição — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Romanian: repetare — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Romanian: repetiție — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Russian: повторе́ние (povtorénije) — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Serbo-Croatian: понављање — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Serbo-Croatian: ponavljanje — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Slovak: opakovanie — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Slovene: ponavljanje — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Slovene: ponovitev — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Spanish: repetición — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Swedish: repetition — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Swedish: upprepning — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Tagalog: again — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Tajik: такрор (takror) — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Turkish: tekrarlama — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Turkish: tekrar — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Ottoman Turkish: تكرار (tekrar) — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Ukrainian: повто́рення (povtórennja) — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Uzbek: qaytariq — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Uzbek: takror — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Welsh: ail-wneud — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Welsh: ailadroddiad — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Welsh: dychweliad (reoccurrence) — act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
  • Bulgarian: науча́ване наизу́ст (naučávane naizúst) — act of repeating an exercise motion
  • Catalan: repetició — act of repeating an exercise motion
  • Finnish: toisto — act of repeating an exercise motion
  • Polish: repetycja — act of repeating an exercise motion
  • Polish: powtórka — act of repeating an exercise motion
  • Romanian: repetare — act of repeating an exercise motion
  • Russian: повторе́ние (povtorénije) — act of repeating an exercise motion
  • Russian: зау́чивание наизу́сть (zaúčivanije naizústʹ) — act of repeating an exercise motion
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