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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repetitive/#m1)

2) A repetitive task or job is boring because it is the same every time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repetitive/#m2)

3) In writing, repetitive means using the same words or sentence starts too many times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repetitive/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repetitive/#x1)
- Your story is a bit repetitive, so try new sentence openers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repetitive/#x2)
- The song has a repetitive chorus that is easy to remember. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repetitive/#x3)
- A computer is good at repetitive jobs, so we use a loop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repetitive/#x4)
- The wallpaper had a repetitive pattern of stars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repetitive/#x5)
- Typing all day can cause repetitive strain injury. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repetitive/#x6)
- The robot does the same repetitive movement thousands of times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repetitive/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/39-robots-at-work-and-at-home/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «repetitive» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repetitive/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.