How do you pronounce repetitive?

The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪˈpɛtɪtɪv/.

repetitive

/ɹɪˈpɛtɪtɪv/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.56 in modern English

Syllables: repet-i-tive
IPA: /ɹɪˈpɛtɪtɪv/

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Meaning

adj

Happening many times in a similar way; containing repetition; repeating.

Example Sentences

"The lecture was too repetitive and lost its impact."
"He kept repeating the same repetitive tasks without making progress."
"The movie was criticized for its repetitive scenes and predictable plot."
"An author who produced over fifty books and innumerable articles on all kinds of subjects could not be a philosopher of the first rank. He was also a bad writer: his principal work is diffuse, chaotic, vague, and repetitive."

Etymology

From Latin repetitus, with the suffix -ive.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: repetitus

Inflected Forms

more repetitive (comparative) most repetitive (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonrepetitive polyrepetitive pseudorepetitive repetitively repetitiveness unrepetitive

Phrases

body-focused repetitive behavior disorder repetitive strain injury

Frequently Paired Words

repeat repeated repetition continuous discontinuous wearisome

Synonyms

recurrent repetitious habitual monotonous perennial recurring repeating repetitional repetitionary repetitive

Antonyms

nonrecurrent nonrecurring nonrepeating nonrepetitional

Rhymes With

anticompetitive