repetition

repetition
repeat, repetition
The modern use of repeat in broadcasting, meaning ‘a radio or television programme that has been transmitted before’, with its attributive use as in repeat showing, repeat fee, etc., has tended to put repetition in the shade even in the meaning ‘the act of repeating’ (as distinct from ‘a thing repeated’), which is the meaning historically more closely associated with repetition than with repeat:

• Rare sturgeon valued at £670 were stolen from Syon Park last weekend, in a repeat of robberies committed last year —Croydon Guardian, 2003.

Repeat is also common in attributive position in medical contexts, with the meaning ‘further or repeated’:

• Strangely, it was decided that a repeat investigation was not required and I was allowed to go on caring for the patient throughout her stay —A. Morton-Cooper, 1990.


Modern English usage. 2014.

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  • Repetition — Rep e*ti tion (r[e^]p [ e] t[i^]sh [u^]n), n. [L. repetitio: cf. F. r[ e]p[ e]tition. See {Repeat}.] 1. The act of repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration. [1913 Webster] I need not be barren of accusations; he hath faults, with surplus to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Repetition — (lat. „Wiederholung“) steht: allgemein für eine Wiederholung für ein rhetorisches Stilmittel, siehe Repetitio für die erneute Aufführung eines Bühnenstücks, oder einer Inszenierung, siehe Wiederaufführung das Merkmal einer Registergruppe der… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Repetition — нем. [рэпэтицио/н] répétition фр. [рэпэтисьо/н], англ. [рэпити/шн] 1) репетиция, повторение 2) быстрое повторение звука на клавишных инструм …   Словарь иностранных музыкальных терминов

  • répétition — Repetition нем. [рэпэтицио/н] répétition фр. [рэпэтисьо/н], англ. [рэпити/шн] 1) репетиция, повторение 2) быстрое повторение звука на клавишных инструм …   Словарь иностранных музыкальных терминов

  • Repetition — (v. lat. Repetitio), 1) Wiederholung; 2) bes. Wiederholung beim Unterricht; sie ist unentbehrlich, sowohl für den Schüler, um das Vorgetragene od. zu Lernende besser dem Gedächtnisse einzuprägen (daher Repetitĭo est mater studiorum, d.i.… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Repetition — (lat.), Wiederholung …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Repetition — Repetitiōn (lat.), Wiederholung …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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