repetition

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun an event that repeats
  2. noun the act of doing or performing again
  3. noun the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device

Etymology

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

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repeat

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