repetition

[ˌrepəˈtɪʃn]

Definition:
1. An event that repeats.
2. The act of doing or performing again.
3. The repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device.

Use 'repetition' in a sentence:

1. Collins wants to avoid repetition of the confusion that followed the discovery in 1989 of the cystic fibrosis gene.
2. The constant repetition of violence has blunted the human response to it.
3. Scraper works in a repetition state and should be shifted frequently.
4. Repetition is one of the fundamental pillars of memorization.
5. Thereis nothing more boring than repetition.
6. This repetition of perception is sometimes called palinopsia.
7. There are definitions based on form, circularity, symmetry, economy of form, lack of economy of form, and repetition.
8. This repetition pep talks and thoughts fine tunes the performance of brain.
9. Today the city government has taken measures to prevent a repetition of last year's confrontation.
10. Prepare the repetition calendar.
11. Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
12. That is a mere repetition of what you said before.
13. and with the help of an engine for repetition that works on a scale unheard of in human history.
14. He has a repetition of a previous talk.
15. And the best way to do that is through repetition.
16. The topics of Diction section include Conciseness, Repetition Simple Words, and etc.
17. Repetition does not lead to understandings.
18. Repetition is the mother of character and skill.
19. No historical phenomenon is a mere repetition of the past.
20. Repetition helps improve our memory.
21. Try 15 repetitions, three times a day.
22. The tests of accuracy and repetition that the coefficients of variation are less than 5 percent.
23. Repetition of the sentence helped him to memorize it.
24. The daily repetition of news about things we can't act upon makes us passive.
25. Devices commonly used in ballads are the refrain, incremental repetition, and code language.
26. Step 1: Repetition, repetition, repetition.
27. Her prose style is not always felicitous; she tends to repetition.
28. Each repetition produces a more exact answer.
29. Too much repetition is hard on the mind.
30. It's a nice complement to MosaLingua's spaced repetition system 。
31. We do not want to see a repetition of last year's tragic events.
32. The also noted the 'repetition "group learned at a faster rate than those in the' variety" group.
33. The match zero or more times repetition operator.
34. Repetition is the mother of learning!
35. It was this element of repetition that the Polish cryptanalysts were able to exploit.
36. The main part of his speech was a repetition of his reply to the delegation.
37. Sixty-two thousand four hundred repetitions make one truth.
38. An unnecessary repetition of visits need not be allowed.
39. Habits are created by repetition.
40. This accident is a repetition of one that happened here two weeks ago.
41. So much needless repetition makes the article long-winded.
42. John: And so sets of one to five repetitions primarily develop strength.
43. It is no use merely mentioning the fact in passing; it needs to be driven home by emphasis and repetition.
44. Over many repetitions, the program gradually works out what features all of these pictures have in common.
45. A repetition of an experiment or a procedure.
46. Saudi Arabia, in company with some other Gulf oil states, is concerned to avoid any repetition of the two oil price shocks of the 1970s.
47. We can think in terms of repetition, obviously, as the delay that sets in between an origin and an end.
48. After the homework has been discussed, the teacher explains the topic of the lesson, slowly and with a lot of repetition and elaboration.
49. This is one time when repetition isokay.
50. We hope that there will be no repetition of this kind of trouble in the future.
51. Her repetition of these words seemed to strike with some little discord on his ear.
52. Success which encourages repetition of old behaviours, is not nearly as good a teacher as failure.
53. A repetition of the dialog or story at a native rate of speech.
54. Repetition, as they say, is the mother of learning.
55. Go back and listen to the song selection and this time pay attention to the melody and to repetition.
56. Practice makes perfect confidence Work and repetition can change your confidence game, literally.
57. Once you are familiar with the movements perform 10 repetitions of this exercise.
58. Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth 。
59. This degree of repetition is not found in any known language.
60. Behavioral change takes repetition and practice.
61. Visibility and repetition are the keys to success and can even overcome average designs.
62. Once you are familiar with the movements perform 15 repetitions.
63. Speakers may be unable to sustain speech to complete the task and may rely heavily on repetition of the prompt.
64. The last repetition was successful.
65. Habit is taught by repetition of routine.
66. By using willpower and repetition, you develop new habits of thinking and acting.
67. What seems to be happening now is a repetition of a familiar process in the country's history, the "Japanization" of an adopted foreign practice.
68. It is real prayer, and not mechanical repetition.
69. A repetition of practices is the resort of gaining genuine knowledge.
70. Unlike the song sparrow, which repeats one of its several song types in bouts before switching to another, the warbler continuously composes much longer and more variable songs without repetition.
71. He could also have cut out much of the repetition and thus saved many pages.