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repetition

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See also:répétition

English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed fromLatinrepetitionem (accusative singular ofrepetitio; cf. Frenchrépétition).Doublet ofrepetitio. Bysurface analysis,repeat +‎-ition.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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repetition (countable anduncountable,pluralrepetitions)

  1. The act or an instance ofrepeating or being repeated.
    • 1837,L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The End of Doubt”, inEthel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. [], volume I, London:Henry Colburn, [],→OCLC,page288:
      How we hope and believe each day will be our last of anxious waiting! The post comes in, and there is no letter for us. How bitter is the disappointment! and on everyrepetition it grows more acute.
    • 1910,Emerson Hough, chapter II, inThe Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC:
      Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earnedrepetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.
  2. (weightlifting): The act of performing a single, controlledexercisemotion. A group of repetitions is aset.
    Synonym:rep
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Translations
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act or an instance of repeating or being repeated
act of repeating an exercise motion
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Etymology 2

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Fromre- +‎petition.

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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repetition (third-person singular simple presentrepetitions,present participlerepetitioning,simple past and past participlerepetitioned)

  1. Topetition again.
    • 2011, Anneke Campbell, Thomas Lizney,Be the Change, page 7:
      The group went through several rounds at different courts, petitioning andrepetitioning, losing again and again.

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Swedish

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Etymology

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FromLatinrepetītiō.

Noun

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repetition c

  1. repetition; the act of repeating
  2. rehearsal

Declension

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Declension ofrepetition
nominativegenitive
singularindefiniterepetitionrepetitions
definiterepetitionenrepetitionens
pluralindefiniterepetitionerrepetitioners
definiterepetitionernarepetitionernas

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