repetitive
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repetitive
- /ɹɪˈpɛtɪtɪv/
Where it comes from
From Latin repetitus, with the suffix -ive.
adjective more repetitive · most repetitive
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Happening many times in a similar way; containing repetition; repeating.
The lecture was too repetitive and lost its impact.
Similar: recurrent, repetitious, habitual, monotonous, perennial, recurring, repeating, repetitional, repetitionary, repetitive
Opposite: nonrecurrent, nonrecurring, nonrepeating, nonrepetitional
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: repetitious, reiterative, continual, unvaried, insistent, iterative, unvarying, repetition, iterant, repeating, repeatable, repeated, recurrent, recurring, repeat, re-run
adjective
Opposite: nonrecurrent, nonrecurring, nonrepeating, nonrepetitional
Translations
Every language
adj happening many times in a similar way
| Español | repetitivo |
|---|---|
| Português | repetitivo |
| Français | répétitif |
| Deutsch | repetitiv |
| Italiano | ripetitivo |
| Ελληνικά | επαναληπτικός epanaliptikós |
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title = {repetitive},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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