Synonyms for repetition
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Noun
1. Repeating
repeating, reiteration, repeat, recurrence, echo, redundancy, reduplication, recapitulation, reoccurrence, tautology, iteration, rehearsal, replication, recital, reprise
Definitions
- n. 1
The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated.
Related words
- Word family
- repetitional repetitious
Forms
- Plural
- repetitions → repeatings, reiterations, repeats, recurrences…
Example sentences
- repeat History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme.
- repeating I'm repeating this to you guys so you'll remember.
- recurrence There's a slight possibility of a recurrence.
- rep The Dominican Republic is called "República Dominicana" in Spanish.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| repetition | steady | |
| repeat | rising | |
| repeating | rising | |
| recurrence | rising | |
| reiteration | steady | |
| rep | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- rep1
- 4 letters
- echo2
- 6 letters
- repeat2
- 7 letters
- renewal3, recital3, reprise2
- 9 letters
- repeating3, rehearsal3, iteration4, tautology
- 10 letters
- redundancy4, recurrence3
- 11 letters
- replication4, reiteration5
- 12 letters
- reoccurrence
- 13 letters
- reduplication
- 14 letters
- recapitulation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (echo2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- répétition
- Italiano
- ripetizione
- Español
- repetición
- Deutsch
- Wiederholung
- Català
- repetició