repetitive

«repetitive» in Mova's school dictionary: doing or saying the same thing again and again — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (repetitive; more repetitive, most repetitive)

meaning for a pupil

1) Repetitive means doing or saying the same thing again and again. tree →

2) A repetitive task or job is boring because it is the same every time. tree →

3) In writing, repetitive means using the same words or sentence starts too many times. tree →

sense in the lessons

In English lessons teachers warn against repetitive writing («then … then … then») and suggest varied sentence openers; but repetition can also be used on purpose in poems and songs. In maths and computing, repetitive steps can be done with a loop. In health, repetitive movement can strain muscles. Phrases: «a repetitive job», «repetitive strain injury», «repetitive pattern».

examples

• Copying lines is repetitive and boring. tree →
• Your story is a bit repetitive, so try new sentence openers. tree →
• The song has a repetitive chorus that is easy to remember. tree →
• A computer is good at repetitive jobs, so we use a loop. tree →
• The wallpaper had a repetitive pattern of stars. tree →
• Typing all day can cause repetitive strain injury. tree →
• The robot does the same repetitive movement thousands of times. tree →

note

Adjective. Noun: repetition; verb: repeat. Spelling trap: «repetitive», with «-pet-», not «repeatitive». Repetitive is usually a criticism; «rhythmic» or «patterned» can sound kinder.

In the corpora

• Robots take over repetitive tasks, but people still design, build, fix and run them.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «repetitive» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.