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Repetition

The act of repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration.

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Narrower term 22

Anadiplosis 76% connected

A repetition of the last word or any prominent word in a sentence or clause, at the beginning of the next, with an adjunct idea; as, "He retained his…

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Anaphora 76% connected

A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses.

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Copying 76% connected

of Copy

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Cycle 76% connected

An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.

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Epanalepsis 76% connected

A figure by which the same word or clause is repeated after intervening matter.

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Epanaphora 76% connected

Same as Anaphora.

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Epanodos 76% connected

A figure of speech in which the parts of a sentence or clause are repeated in inverse order

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Epiphora 76% connected

The watery eye; a disease in which the tears accumulate in the eye, and trickle over the cheek.

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Epistrophe 76% connected

A figure in which successive clauses end with the same word or affirmation; e. g., "Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I."

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Gemination 76% connected

A doubling; duplication; repetition.

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Iteration 76% connected

Recital or performance a second time; repetition.

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Ploce 76% connected

A figure in which a word is separated or repeated by way of emphasis, so as not only to signify the individual thing denoted by it, but also its pecu…

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Polyptoton 76% connected

A figure by which a word is repeated in different forms, cases, numbers, genders, etc., as in Tennyson's line, -- "My own heart's heart, and ownest o…

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Recurrence 76% connected

Alt. of Recurrency

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Redundancy 76% connected

The quality or state of being redundant; superfluity; superabundance; excess.

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Reduplication 76% connected

The act of doubling, or the state of being doubled.

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Reiteration 76% connected

The act of reiterating; that which is reiterated.

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Renewal 76% connected

The act of renewing, or the state of being renewed; as, the renewal of a treaty.

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Replication 76% connected

An answer; a reply.

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Return 76% connected

To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.

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Sequence 76% connected

The state of being sequent; succession; order of following; arrangement.

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Symploce 76% connected

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses; as, Justice came down from heaven to view the earth…

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Continuance 76% connected

A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay.

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Continuation 76% connected

That act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation.

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Repeat 74% connected

To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem.

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Repeat 74% connected

To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem.

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Repetitive 74% connected

Containing repetition; repeating.

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Repetitive 74% connected

Containing repetition; repeating.

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Repeat 92% connected

To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem.

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Repeating 92% connected

of Repeat

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