# repetition

Pronunciation: say "rep-uh-TISH-uhn" /ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/

## Noun

1. Doing or saying something again, or being done again; also, a single time something is repeated.
   - Simple: Doing or saying something again, or one time that something is done again.
   - _The constant repetition of the same commercial drove viewers to change the channel._
   - _With each repetition, the rumor grew more detailed and less believable._
2. One controlled performance of a single exercise movement; a group of repetitions makes up a set.
   - Simple: One time you do an exercise move, like lifting a weight once. Several of them make a set.
   - _Her trainer had her do three sets of twelve repetitions on the bench press._
   - _Lower the bar slowly and pause for a moment at the bottom of each repetition._

## Verb

Pronunciation: say "ree-puh-TISH-uhn" US /ˌɹipəˈtɪʃən/, UK /ˌɹiːpəˈtɪʃən/

3. To make a petition again, after an earlier one has been made.
   - Simple: To ask someone in power for something again in a formal way.
   - _Lawyers advised the tenants to repetition the board once the new evidence came in._
   - _For years the families went from court to court, petitioning and repetitioning without success._

## Origin

**Meanings 1–2** — Borrowed from Latin repetitionem, the accusative singular of repetitio (compare French répétition), and a doublet of repetitio. By surface analysis it is repeat + -ition.
**Meaning 3** — Formed from re- + petition.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/repetition (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).