REDUPLICATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reduplication mean? 

• REDUPLICATION (noun)
  The noun REDUPLICATION has 4 senses:

1. repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next

2. the syllable added in a reduplicated word form

3. a word formed by or containing a repeated syllable or speech sound (usually at the beginning of the word)

4. the act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof)

  Familiarity information: REDUPLICATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REDUPLICATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

anadiplosis; reduplication

Hypernyms ("reduplication" is a kind of...):

repetition (the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The syllable added in a reduplicated word form

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("reduplication" is a kind of...):

syllable (a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A word formed by or containing a repeated syllable or speech sound (usually at the beginning of the word)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("reduplication" is a kind of...):

word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

reduplication; reiteration

Hypernyms ("reduplication" is a kind of...):

repeating; repetition (the act of doing or performing again)