Word

repetition, n.
(repetitions)
freq. cnt. 11

an event that repeats
<noun.event> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 2

repeat repetition

sample sentences

"the events today were a repeat of yesterday's"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

repetitious repeat

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

repeat repeat repeat repeat repeat

semantic pointers

hypernym

periodic event, recurrent event

hyponym

sequence cycle replay, rematch recurrence, return

the act of doing or performing again
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

repeating repetition

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

repetitious repeat repeat

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

continuance, continuation

hyponym

echolalia iteration redundancy reduplication, reiteration copying replay, instant replay, action replay renewal replication

the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

repetition

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

rhetorical device

hyponym

anadiplosis, reduplication epanalepsis epanodos epiphora, epistrophe gemination ploce polyptoton epanaphora, anaphora anaphora symploce