repetition

Everyday

1. Doing or saying something again and again: Learning times tables needs repetition. tree →
2. One time of doing an exercise in a set: 10 repetitions (reps) of star jumps. tree →
3. A thing that is repeated: «Avoid repetition in your writing». tree →

In the lessons

In maths, repetition builds fluency; repeated addition is how multiplication starts: 4 + 4 + 4 = 3 × 4. Patterns grow by repetition of a unit. In PE, «reps» are repetitions of an exercise. In writing lessons, repetition can be a poem's tool or a weakness. Phrases: «by repetition», «avoid repetition», «reps», «repetition of a pattern».

Examples

• Repetition helps you remember spelling words. tree →
• Do 3 sets of 10 repetitions — 30 star jumps in all. tree →
• Multiplication is a repetition of addition. tree →
• The poem uses repetition: «Run, run, run!» tree →
• Try to avoid repetition in your story. tree →
• The wallpaper has a repetition of stars. tree →
• We don't want a repetition of last year's mess! tree →
• Strukis awoke in time to upset the fisherman's boat; but fearing a repetition of the attempt, it now changes each year the hour of its annual sleep. tree →

Note

Uncountable (the idea) or countable (each time). Short form: rep, reps (informal, sport). Verb: repeat; adjective: repetitive. Spelling: rep-E-ti-tion — not «repitition». In maths: total = number of repetitions × amount each time.

In Jewish tradition

In maths, repetition builds fluency; repeated addition is how multiplication starts: 4 + 4 + 4 = 3 × 4. Patterns grow by repetition of a unit. In PE, «reps» are repetitions of an exercise. In writing lessons, repetition can be a poem's tool or a weakness. Phrases: «by repetition», «avoid repetition», «reps», «repetition of a pattern».

Examples

• ()f the Sefer Yetzirah II little need be said ; it abounds in trifles, contradictions and repetitions. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →

Note

Uncountable (the idea) or countable (each time). Short form: rep, reps (informal, sport). Verb: repeat; adjective: repetitive. Spelling: rep-E-ti-tion — not «repitition». In maths: total = number of repetitions × amount each time.