noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/
[ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.n̩]
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/ˌɹiːpəˈtɪʃən/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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.
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