noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
constant
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The constant repetition of an untruth did not make anyone believe, but it could batter the brain into unthinking apathy.
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But as experience is gained through constant repetition , each movement of the form begins to flow smoothly into the next.
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Karate has quite a high drop-out rate because of the hard work involved and the constant repetition of techniques.
endless
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His inspiration fell on fertile ground, prepared by endless repetition .
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Escher worked in endless repetition , attainable here with a click.
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The endless repetition strikes one as inexorable, like a recurring dream.
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His parents, perplexed by this endless repetition , thought it meant that he was unable to get anything right.
■ NOUN
rate
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In summary, therefore, most special aftercare services have had no effect on repetition rates after attempted suicide.
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Nation-wide, the 1980s have seen downward trends in enrolments, and increases in drop-out and repetition rates .
■ VERB
avoid
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It remains to be seen whether such measures will go far to avoid a repetition of the basic abuses, however.
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I started talking to Suzette about some syntactic maneuvers that would enable her to avoid repetition .
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You can avoid this repetition by defining a macro which you use every time you want to include the code.
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Try to avoid repetition or tautology.
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Britain drew different conclusions - to continue its imperial withdrawal and to avoid any repetition of the UK-USA conflict of 1956.
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I would take it easy and avoid a repetition of the day before.
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Part of the new Governor's job will be to avoid a face-saving repetition .
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In order to avoid repetition , description and evaluation of these theories is mainly postponed until Chapter 4.
hold
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Repeat 35 times, holding each repetition for 1 second.
prevent
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The remedy sought will in any case often be an injunction to prevent any repetition of the trespass.
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Can we be informed as to what action will be taken to prevent a repetition ?
use
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The best he could do to simulate this pause for reflection, was to use repetition at certain points.
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Again we're using repetition of the same starting phrase in two octaves here.
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Again we're using repetition in different octaves and lots of slides and pull-offs to make a smooth transition between each position.
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I have often shown them how using repetition wisely, they could have halved their labour and produced a more coherent work.
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The Mozart shown beneath the Chopin has the same form, using repetition and ending with a recall of the first section.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Repetition is good for helping children learn language.
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He builds his speeches around the repetition of certain key phrases.
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Students are taught math by constant repetition .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And so it went on: a series of intrinsically meaningless turns that gained a semblance of significance through weekly repetition .
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Day-to-day television, in its regularity and its availability, seems regulated by repetition and modulated by acceptable difference.
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I started talking to Suzette about some syntactic maneuvers that would enable her to avoid repetition .
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In this way, the repetition may achieve extra contextual effects by modifying the propositional form of the utterance.
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Instead of translation of the self through repetition , transformation through mutual shaping is allowed.
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Lush simplicity, spatial silence and rhythmic repetition create a musical atmosphere the mind can inhabit.
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Over-use of such mediating devices is unwise, especially where they involve direct repetition .
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They needed the repetition , the dense hypnotic drone of woods and water, but above all they needed to be together.