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# repetition

noun (repetition, repetitions)

«repetition» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Doing or saying something again and again: Learning times tables needs repetition. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repetition/#m1)
2. One time of doing an exercise in a set: 10 repetitions (reps) of star jumps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repetition/#m2)
3. A thing that is repeated: «Avoid repetition in your writing». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repetition/#m3)

### In the lessons

In maths, repetition builds fluency; repeated addition is how multiplication starts: 4 + 4 + 4 = 3 × 4. Patterns grow by repetition of a unit. In PE, «reps» are repetitions of an exercise. In writing lessons, repetition can be a poem's tool or a weakness. Phrases: «by repetition», «avoid repetition», «reps», «repetition of a pattern».

### Examples

- Repetition helps you remember spelling words. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repetition/#x1)
- Do 3 sets of 10 repetitions — 30 star jumps in all. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repetition/#x2)
- Multiplication is a repetition of addition. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repetition/#x3)
- The poem uses repetition: «Run, run, run!» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repetition/#x4)
- Try to avoid repetition in your story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repetition/#x5)
- The wallpaper has a repetition of stars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repetition/#x6)
- We don't want a repetition of last year's mess! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repetition/#x7)
- Strukis awoke in time to upset the fisherman's boat; but fearing a repetition of the attempt, it now changes each year the hour of its annual sleep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repetition/#x8)

### Note

Uncountable (the idea) or countable (each time). Short form: rep, reps (informal, sport). Verb: repeat; adjective: repetitive. Spelling: rep-E-ti-tion — not «repitition». In maths: total = number of repetitions × amount each time.

## In Jewish tradition

In maths, repetition builds fluency; repeated addition is how multiplication starts: 4 + 4 + 4 = 3 × 4. Patterns grow by repetition of a unit. In PE, «reps» are repetitions of an exercise. In writing lessons, repetition can be a poem's tool or a weakness. Phrases: «by repetition», «avoid repetition», «reps», «repetition of a pattern».

### Examples

- ()f the Sefer Yetzirah II little need be said ; it abounds in trifles, contradictions and repetitions. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repetition/#x1)

### Note

Uncountable (the idea) or countable (each time). Short form: rep, reps (informal, sport). Verb: repeat; adjective: repetitive. Spelling: rep-E-ti-tion — not «repitition». In maths: total = number of repetitions × amount each time.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «repetition» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repetition/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«repetition» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/repetition.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «repetition» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repetition/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«repetition» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/repetition.html) on Mova free.