repetition

Noun
  1. An event that repeats (synset 107356649)
    "the events today were a repeat of yesterday's"
    is a type of: periodic event, recurrent event - an event that recurs at intervals
    subtypes:
    • sequence - several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys
    • cycle - a periodically repeated sequence of events
    • rematch, replay - something (especially a game) that is played again
    • recurrence, return - happening again (especially at regular intervals)
    same as: repeat
  2. The act of doing or performing again (synset 101020572)
    is a type of: continuance, continuation - the act of continuing an activity without interruption
    subtypes:
    • echolalia - (psychiatry) mechanical and meaningless repetition of the words of another person (as in schizophrenia)
    • iteration - doing or saying again; a repeated performance
    • redundancy - repetition of an act needlessly
    • reduplication, reiteration - the act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof)
    • copying - an act of copying
    • action replay, instant replay, replay - the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape
    • renewal - the act of renewing
    • replication - the repetition of an experiment in order to test the validity of its conclusion
    same as: repeating
  3. The repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device (synset 107113937)
    is a type of: rhetorical device - a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
    subtypes:
    • anadiplosis, reduplication - repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next
    • epanalepsis - repetition after intervening words
    • epanodos - repetition of a group of words in reverse order
    • epiphora, epistrophe - repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc.
    • gemination - the doubling of a word or phrase (as for rhetorical effect)
    • ploce - (rhetoric) repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning
    • polyptoton - repetition of a word in a different case or inflection in the same sentence
    • anaphora, epanaphora - repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
    • anaphora - using a pronoun or similar word instead of repeating a word used earlier
    • symploce - repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses, i.e., simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe

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