adj ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Happening many times in a similar way; containing repetition; repeating.

   "The lecture was too repetitive and lost its impact."

Adjective

1. 1
   repetitive and persistent wordnet
2. 2
   characterized by repetition wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

continualrepetitiousabundantarticulatedautomaticbattological

Antonyms

All antonyms

nonrecurrentnonrecurringnonrepeatingnonrepetitional

Example

More examples

"I like to use frameworks when I program because they save me time on repetitive tasks."

Etymology

From Latin repetitus, with the suffix -ive.

Related phrases

body-focused repetitive behavior disorderrepetitive strain injury

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