Classes Abstract Relations Number Indeterminate Number Repetition
Repetition
Nouns
repetition, iteration, reiteration, harping, recurrence, succession, run
battology, tautology
monotony, tautophony
rhythm etc. Periodicity [Regularity of recurrence]
diffuseness, pleonasm, redundancy. chimes, repetend, echo, ritornello, burden of a song, refrain
rehearsal
recapitulation. cuckoo etc. (imitation) Imitation
reverberation etc. Resonance
drumming etc. (roll) [Repeated and protracted sounds.] Roll
renewal etc. (restoration) Restoration . twice-told tale
old story, old song
second edition, new edition
reappearance, reproduction, recursion [Comp.]
periodicity etc. Periodicity [Regularity of recurrence] .
Verbs
repeat, iterate, reiterate, reproduce, echo, reecho, drum, harp upon, battologize, hammer, redouble. recur, revert, return, reappear, recurse [Comp.]
renew etc. (restore) Restoration . rehearse
do over again, say over again
ring the changes on
harp on the same string
din in the ear, drum in the ear
conjugate in all its moods tenses and conjugate in all its moods tenses and inflexions, begin again, go over the same ground, go the same round, never hear the last of
resume, return to, recapitulate, reword.
Adjectives
repeated etc. v.
repetitional, repetitionary
recurrent, recurring
ever recurring, thick coming
frequent, incessant
redundant, pleonastic. monotonous, harping, iterative, recursive [Comp.] , unvaried
mocking, chiming
retold
aforesaid, aforenamed
above-mentioned, above-said
habitual etc. Habit [includes commonness due to frequency of occurrence]
another.
Adverbs
repeatedly, often, again, anew, over again, afresh, once more
ding-dong, ditto, encore, de novo, bis
over and over, over and over again
recursively [Comp.]
many times over
time and again, time after time
year after year
day by day etc.
many times, several times, a number of times
many a time, full many a time
frequently etc. Frequency .
Phrases
cut and come again" [Crabbe]
tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow" [Macbeth]