repetition

See also répétition

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Pronunciation

• IPA:/rɛpəˈtɪʃən/

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Etymology

From Latin repetitionem (accusative singular of repetitio).

Noun

repetition (plural repetitions)

1. The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated.
2. (weightlifting): The act of performing a single, controlled exercise motion; also called a rep. A group of repetitions is a set.

Translations

act or an instance of repeating or being repeated

Catalan: repetició (ca) f. Czech: opakování (cs) n. Finnish: kertaus (fi) German: Wiederholung (de) f. Hebrew: חזרה (he) (chazará) f. Hungarian: (from a transitive verb) ismétlés (hu), (from an intransitive verb) ismétlődés (hu)

Italian: ripetizione (it) f. Romanian: repetare (ro) f., repetiție (ro) f. Slovene: ponavljanje (sl) n. (act), ponovitev (sl) f. (instance) Swedish: repetition (sv) c.

act of repeating an exercise motion

Catalan: repetició (ca) f.

Finnish: toisto (fi) Romanian: repetare (ro)

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Dutch: herhaling f., repetitie f. French: répétition f. German: Wiederholung f. Malayalam: ആവര്‍ത്തനം (aavarthanam) Spanish: repetición f.

Related terms

• repetitious

Anagrams

• petitioner

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Swedish

Noun

repetition c.

1. repetition; the act of repeating
2. rehearsal

Declension

Declension of repetition

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	repetition	repetitionen	repetitioner	repetitionerna
genitive	repetitions	repetitionens	repetitioners	repetitionernas

Derived terms

• generalrepetition