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GEMINATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something

Example:

this kind of duplication is wasteful

Synonyms:

duplication; gemination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

copying (an act of copying)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The doubling of a word or phrase (as for rhetorical effect)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

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

Derivation:

geminate (arrange or combine in pairs)

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