| 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 |
| Concept: | repetition, iteration, reiteration, harping, recurrence, succession, run; battology, tautology; monotony, tautophony; rhythm; diffuseness, pleonasm, redundancy. |
| Category: | 3. Indeterminate Number |
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-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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| Main Entry: | drill |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | practice, exercise |
Synonyms: |
assignment, call, conditioning, constitutional, daily dozen, discipline, dress, drilling, dry run, gym, homework, instruction, learning by doing, maneuvers, marching, preparation, repetition, run-through, shakedown, training, tryout, warm-up, workout |
| Main Entry: | duplicate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | copy, reproduction |
Synonyms: |
Xerox, analogue, carbon, carbon copy, chip off the old block, clone, companion, coordinate, copycat, correlate, counterfeit, counterpart, counterscript, dead ringer, ditto*, double, dupe*, duplication, facsimile, fake, fellow, germination, imitation, knockoff, likeness, lookalike, match, mate, obverse, parallel, phony, photocopy, photostat, pirate, reciprocal, recurrence, repetition, replica, replication, repro, ringer, second, similarity, spitting image, stat, twin |
| Notes: | duplication may be regarded as an activity because one duplicates (makes again) something, but replication is a process in which something is replicated (copied) |
Antonyms: |
archetype, model, original, prototype |
| Main Entry: | echo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | repeat, copy |
Synonyms: |
answer, imitation, mirror, mirror image, onomatopoeia, parallel, parroting, rebound, reflection, reiteration, repercussion, repetition, reply, reproduction, reverberation, ringing, rubber stamp |
| Main Entry: | encore |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | another round of applause; repeat |
Synonyms: |
acclamation, cheers, number, plaudits, praise, reappearance, repeat performance, repetition, response, return |
| Main Entry: | frequency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commonness, repetitiveness |
Synonyms: |
abundance, beat, constancy, density, frequentness, iteration, number, oscillation, periodicity, persistence, prevalence, pulsation, recurrence, regularity, reiteration, repetition, rhythm |
Antonyms: |
infrequency, irregularity, uncommonness |
| Main Entry: | litany |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recital of items, often part of religious services |
Synonyms: |
account, catalogue, enumeration, invocation, list, petition, prayer, recitation, refrain, repetition, supplication, tale |
| 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 |
Antonyms: |
ignorance, neglect |
| Main Entry: | recital |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | narrative, rendering |
Synonyms: |
account, concert, description, detailing, enumeration, fable, musical, musicale, narration, performance, portrayal, presentation, reading, recapitulation, recitation, recountal, recounting, rehearsal, relation, repetition, report, statement, story, tale, telling |