repetition
/rɛpɪˈtɪʃ(ə)n/
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American sound/rɛpɪˈtɪʃ(ə)n/
rɛpɪˈtɪʃən
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rɛpɪ - ˈtɪʃən -> repetition
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repetition /'repǝ'tÇʃn/ n
၁။ [U, C] ထပ်မံပြောဆိုပြုမူခြင်း။ ပြန်ကောက်ခြင်း။
learn by repetition ❍ His speech was full of repetition(s) and pauses. ❍ I want no repetition of this behaviour (ie Do not do it again).
၂။ [C] ပြန်ကျော့ ခြင်း။ ပုံတူကူးချခြင်း။
He gave a repetition of yesterday's talk.
❏ repetitious /'repǝ'tÇʃǝs/,repetitive /rÇ'petǝtÇv/ adjs (usu derog ) ထပ်တလဲလဲနှင့် ငြီးငွေ့ဖွယ်ကောင်းသော။ အပ်ကြောင်းထပ်သော။
a repetitive job/tune ❍ repetitive questions ❍ repetitious work.
❏ repetitiously, repetitively advs ထပ်ကာတလဲလဲ။ repetitiousness, repetitiveness ns [U]
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recurrence, replication, duplication, reiteration, reappearance, echo, reverberation, alliteration, broken record, chant, chorus, copy, encore, ingemination, iteracy, iterance, iteration, litany, paraphrase, periodicity, perseveration, practice, recapitulation, recital, redundancy, rehearsal, relation, renewal, reoccurrence, repeat, repetitiousness, report, reprise, reproduction, restatement, return, rhythm, rote, staccato, tautology
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