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reduplication
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun reduplication has 4 senses
- reduplication(n = noun.communication) anadiplosis - repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next; Array is a kind of repetition
- reduplication(n = noun.communication) Array - the syllable added in a reduplicated word form; Array is a kind of syllable
- reduplication(n = noun.communication) Array - a word formed by or containing a repeated syllable or speech sound (usually at the beginning of the word); Array is a kind of word
- reduplication(n = noun.act) reiteration - the act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof); Array is a kind of repeating, repetition
CIDE DICTIONARY
reduplication, n. [Cf. F. réduplication, L. reduplicatio repetition.].
- The act of doubling, or the state of being doubled. [1913 Webster]
- A figure in which the first word of a verse is the same as the last word of the preceding verse. [1913 Webster]
- The doubling of a stem or syllable (more or less modified), with the effect of changing the time expressed, intensifying the meaning, or making the word more imitative; also, the syllable thus added; as, L. tetuli; poposci. [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
reduplication
Imitation
N imitation, copying, transcription, repetition, duplication, reduplication, quotation, reproduction, mimeograph, xerox, facsimile, reprint, offprint, mockery, mimicry, simulation, impersonation, personation, representation, semblance, copy, assimilation, paraphrase, parody, take-off, lampoon, caricature, plagiarism, forgery, counterfeit, celluloid, imitator, echo, cuckoo, parrot, ape, monkey, mocking bird, mime, copyist, copycat, plagiarist, pirate, imitated, mock, mimic, modelled after, molded on, paraphrastic, literal, imitative, secondhand, imitable, aping, apish, mimicking, literally, to the letter, verbatim, literatim, sic, totidem verbis, word for word, mot a mot, exactly, precisely, like master like man, like - but oh! how different!, genius borrows nobly, pursuing echoes calling 'mong the rocks, quotation confesses inferiority, Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.Duplication
N duplication, doubling, gemination, ingemination, reduplication, iteration, renewal, double, doubled, bicipital, bicephalous, bidental, bilabiate, bivalve, bivalvular, bifold, biform, bilateral, bifarious, bifacial, twofold, two-sided, disomatous, duplex, double-faced, double-headed, twin, duplicate, ingeminate, second, twice, once more, over again, as much again, twofold, secondly, in the second place, again.
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