REDUNDANT


Meaning of REDUNDANT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -dənt ]

adjective

Etymology: Latin redundant-, redundans, present participle of redundare to overflow — more at redound

Date: 1594

1.

a. : exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous

b. : characterized by or containing an excess ; specifically : using more words than necessary

c. : characterized by similarity or repetition

a group of particularly redundant brick buildings

d. chiefly British : no longer needed for a job and hence laid off

2. : profuse , lavish

3. : serving as a duplicate for preventing failure of an entire system (as a spacecraft) upon failure of a single component

• re·dun·dant·ly adverb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.