repetitive

See also: répétitive

English

Etymology

From Latin repetitus, with the suffix -ive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈpɛtɪtɪv/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

repetitive (comparative more repetitive, superlative most repetitive)

1. Happening many times in a similar way; containing repetition; repeating.

   The lecture was too repetitive and lost its impact.

   He kept repeating the same repetitive tasks without making progress.

   The movie was criticized for its repetitive scenes and predictable plot.

Synonyms

• recurrent, repetitious; see also Thesaurus:repetitive

Derived terms

• body-focused repetitive behavior disorder
• nonrepetitive
• polyrepetitive
• pseudorepetitive
• repetitively
• repetitiveness
• repetitive strain injury (RSI)
• unrepetitive

Related terms

• repeat
• repeated
• repetition

Translations

happening many times in a similar way

• Bulgarian: повтарящ се (povtarjašt se), сериен (serien)
• Catalan: repetitiu
• Finnish: toistava (fi), toistuva (fi), itseään toistava
• French: répétitif (fr)
• Galician: repetitivo
• German: repetitiv (de)
• Greek: επαναληπτικός (el) (epanaliptikós)
• Hungarian: ismétlődő (hu), repetitív
• Italian: ripetitivo (it)
• Persian: تکراری (fa) (tekrâri)
• Portuguese: repetitivo (pt)
• Spanish: repetitivo (es), reiterativo (es), recurrente (es)
• Thai: ซ้ำซาก (th) (sám-sâak)

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Adjective

repetitive

1. inflection of repetitiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular