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REDUPLICATION
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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)
