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repetition¹

  • /ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/
  • [ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.n̩]

Where it comes from

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

noun repetitions

  1. countable, uncountable The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated. 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 every repetition it grows more acute.
  2. countable, uncountable The act of performing a single, controlled exercise motion. A group of repetitions is a set.

Similar: reiteration, repetition, reprise

repetition²

  • /ˌɹiːpəˈtɪʃən/

Where it comes from

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-der.

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-

Proto-Indo-European *péth₂eti

Latin petō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin petītiōnembor.

Old French peticiunbor.

Middle English

English petition

English repetition

From re- + petition.

verb repetitions · repetitioning · repetitioned · re-petition

  1. To petition again. The group went through several rounds at different courts, petitioning and repetitioning, losing again and again.

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