| Main Entry: | iteration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | redundancy |
Synonyms: |
emphasis, monotony, repetition |
| Main Entry: | frequency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commonness, repetitiveness |
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abundance, beat, constancy, density, frequentness, iteration, number, oscillation, periodicity, persistence, prevalence, pulsation, recurrence, regularity, reiteration, repetition, rhythm |
| Notes: | a single to-and-fro movement of an air particle is called a cycle and the number of cycles that occur in a second is known as the frequency of a sound |
Antonyms: |
infrequency, irregularity, uncommonness |
| Main Entry: | practice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exercise, application |
Synonyms: |
action, assignment, background, discipline, drill, drilling, effect, experience, homework, iteration, operation, preparation, prepping, recitation, recounting, rehearsal, relating, repetition, seasoning, study, training, tune-up, use, work-out |
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ignorance, neglect |
| Main Entry: | repetition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | duplication; doing again |
Synonyms: |
alliteration, broken record, chant, chorus, copy, echo, encore, ingemination, iteracy, iterance, iteration, litany, paraphrase, periodicity, perseveration, practice, reappearance, recapitulation, recital, recurrence, redundancy, rehearsal, reiteration, relation, renewal, reoccurrence, repeat, repetitiousness, replication, report, reproduction, restatement, return, rhythm, rote, staccato, tautology |
Antonyms: |
instance |
| Main Entry: | restatement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | repetition |
Synonyms: |
frequency, habituation, intermittence, iteration, regularity, reiteration, reoccurrence, repetitiveness |
| Main Entry: | frequency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
| Concept: | repetition, iteration, reiteration, harping, recurrence, succession, run; battology, tautology; monotony, tautophony; rhythm; diffuseness, pleonasm, redundancy. |
| Category: | 3. Indeterminate Number |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
chimes, repetend, echo, ritornello, burden of a song, refrain; rehearsal; rechauffe, rifacimento, recapitulation., cuckoo (imitation); reverberation; drumming (roll); renewal (restoration)., twice-told tale; old story, old song; second edition, new edition; reappearance, reproduction; periodicity.
-verbs
repeat, iterate, reiterate, reproduce, echo, reecho, drum, harp upon, battologize, hammer, redouble., recur, revert, return, reappear; renew (restore)., rehearse; do over again, say over again; ring the changes on; harp on the same string; din in the ear, drum in the ear; conjugate in all its moods tenses and inflections, begin again, go over the same ground, go the same round, never hear the last of; resume, return to, recapitulate, reword.
-adjectives
repeated; repetitional, repetitionary; recurrent, recurring; ever recurring, thick coming; frequent, incessant; redundant, pleonastic., monotonous, harping, iterative, unvaried; mocking, chiming; retold; aforesaid, aforenamed; above-mentioned, above-said; habitual; another.
-adverbs
repeatedly, often, again, anew, over again, afresh, once more; ding-dong, ditto, encore, de novo, bis, da capo., again and again; over and over, over and over again; many times over; time and again, time after time; year after year; day by day; many times, several times, a number of times; many a time, full many a time; frequently.
-phrases
ecce iterum Crispinus; toujours perdrix; "cut and come again" [Crabbe]; "tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow" [Macbeth]; cantilenam eandem canis [Terence];
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| Concept: | Frequency. |
| Category: | 3. RECURRENT TIME |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
frequency, oftness, oftenness, commonness; repetition; normality; example (conformity); routine, custom (habit)., regularity, uniformity, constancy, clock-work precision; punctuality (exactness); even tenor; system; routine (custom); formula; rule (form, regulation); keynote, standard, model; precedent (prototype); conformity.
-verbs
recur; do nothing but; keep, keep on.
-adjectives
frequent, many times, not rare, thickcoming, incessant, perpetual, continual, steady, constant, thick; uniform; repeated; customary (habit) [more]; regular (normal); according to rule (conformable)., common, everyday, usual, ordinary, familiar., old-hat, boring, well-known, trivial.
-adverbs
often, oft; ofttimes, oftentimes; frequently; repeatedly; unseldom, not unfrequently; in quick succession, in rapid succession; many a time and oft; daily, hourly; every day, every hour, every moment, perpetually, continually, constantly, incessantly, without ceasing, at all times, daily and hourly, night and day, day and night, day after day, morning noon and night, ever anon, invariably (habit) [more]., most often; commonly (habitually)., sometimes, occasionally, at times, now and then, from time to time, there being times when, toties quoties, often enough, when the mood strikes, again and again.
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Antonyms: |
infrequency |
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