/ English Dictionary

REDUPLICATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof)

Synonyms:

reduplication; reiteration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("reduplication" is a kind of...):

repeating; repetition (the act of doing or performing again)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A word formed by or containing a repeated syllable or speech sound (usually at the beginning of the word)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("reduplication" is a kind of...):

word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The syllable added in a reduplicated word form

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("reduplication" is a kind of...):

syllable (a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next

Synonyms:

anadiplosis; reduplication

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("reduplication" is a kind of...):

repetition (the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device)

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