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REPETITIOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does repetitious mean?
• REPETITIOUS (adjective)
The adjective REPETITIOUS has 1 sense:
1. characterized by repetition
Familiarity information: REPETITIOUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characterized by repetition
Synonyms:
repetitious; repetitive
Context example:
repetitive movement
Similar:
iterative; reiterative (marked by iteration)
Derivation:
repetition (the act of doing or performing again)
repetition (the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device)
repetition (an event that repeats)
repetitiousness (verboseness resulting from excessive repetitions)
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