Repetition Meaning
/ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act or an instance of repeating or being repeated.
nounThe act of performing a single, controlled exercise motion. A group of repetitions is a set.
Sentence Examples
Repetition helps you remember something.
Repetition plays an important role in language study.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The student's constant ____ of the same mistake repeatedly annoyed the teacher.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The coach emphasized that ____ was the key to mastering any technical skill in sport.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from Latin repetitionem (accusative singular of repetitio; cf. French répétition). Doublet of repetitio. By surface analysis, repeat + -ition.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The End of Doubt”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 288:
"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 earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed."
— 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter II, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
"The group went through several rounds at different courts, petitioning and repetitioning, losing again and again."
— 2011, Anneke Campbell, Thomas Lizney, Be the Change, page 7:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The student's constant ____ of the same mistake repeatedly annoyed the teacher.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The coach emphasized that ____ was the key to mastering any technical skill in sport.