Repetitive
adjective
Doing the same thing again and again, many times.
His daily routine was so repetitive.
Often appears as...
- repetitive routine
- repetitive task
adjective
Used to describe something that is annoying because it never changes or improves.
His lectures are so repetitive.
Often appears as...
- repetitive lectures
- repetitive noise
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Disapproving
adjective
Relating to, or involving repetition, especially undue repetition.
The errors appear to be repetitive.
Often appears as...
- repetitive errors
- repetitive code
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Academic
adjective
Relating to, or having the nature of, repetition.
The song has a repetitive melody that makes it easy to remember.
Often appears as...
- repetitive melody
- repetitive rhythm
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Artistic
adjective
Doing the same thing again and again, many times.
His daily routine was so repetitive.
Often appears as...
- repetitive routine
- repetitive task
adjective
Used to describe something that is annoying because it never changes or improves.
His lectures are so repetitive.
Often appears as...
- repetitive lectures
- repetitive noise
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Disapproving
adjective
Relating to, or involving repetition, especially undue repetition.
The errors appear to be repetitive.
Often appears as...
- repetitive errors
- repetitive code
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Relating to, or having the nature of, repetition.
The song has a repetitive melody that makes it easy to remember.
Often appears as...
- repetitive melody
- repetitive rhythm
Usage tips
Artistic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Workplace Usage
Often used in work settings to discuss tasks that don't change or evolve.
Folding clothes at the store is a repetitive job.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Feel
Can imply that something is dull and lacks excitement.
Studying vocabulary can become repetitive and dull.
Pro Tip 3/3Expressing Frustration
May communicate a sense of frustration with the monotony.
I'm tired of our repetitive weekly meetings.
Pro Tip 1/3Workplace Usage
Often used in work settings to discuss tasks that don't change or evolve.
Folding clothes at the store is a repetitive job.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Feel
Can imply that something is dull and lacks excitement.
Studying vocabulary can become repetitive and dull.
Pro Tip 3/3Expressing Frustration
May communicate a sense of frustration with the monotony.
I'm tired of our repetitive weekly meetings.
Pro Tip 1/3Workplace Usage
Often used in work settings to discuss tasks that don't change or evolve.
Folding clothes at the store is a repetitive job.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Feel
Can imply that something is dull and lacks excitement.
Studying vocabulary can become repetitive and dull.
Pro Tip 3/3Expressing Frustration
May communicate a sense of frustration with the monotony.
I'm tired of our repetitive weekly meetings.
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Why we love repetition...
or in a version that had been digitally altered to include repetition. Although the original versions had been composed by some of the most respected 20th century composers, and the repetitive versions had been assembled by brute force audio editing, people rated the repetitive versions as more enjoyable, more interesting
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The fundamentals of...
More importantly, Einstein's theory predicts things that simply don't exist in older theories where space, time and gravity were separate. The stitching can leave wrinkles in the space-time material. These are called gravitational waves, which should be detectable as tiny, repetitive,
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and the fact that it isn't should really raise a cautionary flag for us. And the reason is that we tend to draw a very distinct line, and on one side of that line are all the jobs and tasks that we perceive as being on some level fundamentally routine and repetitive and predictable.
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How plants tell time -...
These biological clocks allow organisms to keep track of time and pick up on environmental cues that help them adapt. That's important, because the planet's rotations and revolutions put us in a state of constant flux, although it plays out in a repetitive, predictable way.
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How frustration can make...
he had to set up these rumbling, repetitive riffs in the bass. And he stood up twisting, pounding down on the keys, desperately trying to create enough volume to reach the people in the back row. It's an electrifying performance. It somehow has this peaceful quality,
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The incredible...
specifically, human-robot collaboration. And this is Bishop, one of our robots. As an experiment, we set it up to help a person working in construction doing repetitive tasks -- tasks like cutting out holes for outlets or light switches in drywall.
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3 steps to turn everyday...
Assuming the purpose is obvious, we skip too quickly to form. This not only leads to dull and repetitive gatherings, it misses a deeper opportunity to actually address our needs. The first step of creating more meaningful everyday gatherings
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CIA Mind Control PIPE CIA...
from a patient cameron then plays tape recorded messages through helmets that are locked to his patients heads this psychic driving forces them to listen to repetitive statements for weeks on end to program in new behavior
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What is color? - Colm...
This repetitive or periodic motion is characteristic of waves. Then you notice something else using a stopwatch, you measure the time it takes for the piece of cork
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Bizarre Bat Moments PIPE...
mating is vigorous noisy and repetitive
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Why we love repetition...
or in a version that had been digitally altered to include repetition. Although the original versions had been composed by some of the most respected 20th century composers, and the repetitive versions had been assembled by brute force audio editing, people rated the repetitive versions as more enjoyable, more interesting
Video examples
The fundamentals of...
More importantly, Einstein's theory predicts things that simply don't exist in older theories where space, time and gravity were separate. The stitching can leave wrinkles in the space-time material. These are called gravitational waves, which should be detectable as tiny, repetitive,
Video examples
How we'll earn money in...
and the fact that it isn't should really raise a cautionary flag for us. And the reason is that we tend to draw a very distinct line, and on one side of that line are all the jobs and tasks that we perceive as being on some level fundamentally routine and repetitive and predictable.
Video examples
How plants tell time -...
These biological clocks allow organisms to keep track of time and pick up on environmental cues that help them adapt. That's important, because the planet's rotations and revolutions put us in a state of constant flux, although it plays out in a repetitive, predictable way.
Video examples
How frustration can make...
he had to set up these rumbling, repetitive riffs in the bass. And he stood up twisting, pounding down on the keys, desperately trying to create enough volume to reach the people in the back row. It's an electrifying performance. It somehow has this peaceful quality,
Video examples
The incredible...
specifically, human-robot collaboration. And this is Bishop, one of our robots. As an experiment, we set it up to help a person working in construction doing repetitive tasks -- tasks like cutting out holes for outlets or light switches in drywall.
Video examples
3 steps to turn everyday...
Assuming the purpose is obvious, we skip too quickly to form. This not only leads to dull and repetitive gatherings, it misses a deeper opportunity to actually address our needs. The first step of creating more meaningful everyday gatherings
Video examples
CIA Mind Control PIPE CIA...
from a patient cameron then plays tape recorded messages through helmets that are locked to his patients heads this psychic driving forces them to listen to repetitive statements for weeks on end to program in new behavior
Video examples
What is color? - Colm...
This repetitive or periodic motion is characteristic of waves. Then you notice something else using a stopwatch, you measure the time it takes for the piece of cork
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Bizarre Bat Moments PIPE...
mating is vigorous noisy and repetitive
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Ann McKee
American Scientist
I'm concerned about the future of football, because we have paid a lot of attention to concussions. We are more aware of concussions. But it's really the repetitive minor injuries, the ones that are asymptomatic that occur on almost every play of the game, the sub-concussive hits: that's the big problem for football.
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Action Bronson
American Musician
I'm not the type of guy to go so deep with the concept songs, but there's deep thought in everything. Maybe it's not just a repetitive hook telling you what the song is about - you have to use your brain a little bit.
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Tana French
Irish Novelist
Don't be scared of 'said.' Writers sometimes go looking for alternatives because they worry that 'he said' and 'she said' will feel repetitive if they're used all the time, but I swear, they won't.
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Eugene Scalia
American Politician
Ergonomists are not physicians - they are engineers - and their medical theories are controversial. Some of the world's leading medical researchers deny that repetitive motion causes injury.
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Toni Collette
Australian Actress
I just never want to repeat myself. I also don't want to be bored in life. The great luxury of being an actor is you get to be different people, and I would hate to be repetitive.
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Shiloh Fernandez
American Actor
Innately, there are qualities in human beings that are always repetitive. There are things like love and hate and jealousy that are just going to be there forever.
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Chris Borland
American Athlete
The idea that just the basis of the game, repetitive hits, could bring on a cascade of issues later in life, that was - it changed the game for me.
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Alex Pareene
American Writer
I don't want to be totally repetitive and doing the same thing over and over again for the rest of my life. I don't want to do that at all.
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Alok Nath
Indian Actor
The only thing that I find repetitive is the number of marriages I have arranged in films. That is one thing I stay away from in real life.
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Sudha Chandran
I shifted my attention to South because I felt I was being overexposed in the TV medium and my characters were also getting repetitive.
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Ann McKee
American Scientist
I'm concerned about the future of football, because we have paid a lot of attention to concussions. We are more aware of concussions. But it's really the repetitive minor injuries, the ones that are asymptomatic that occur on almost every play of the game, the sub-concussive hits: that's the big problem for football.
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Action Bronson
American Musician
I'm not the type of guy to go so deep with the concept songs, but there's deep thought in everything. Maybe it's not just a repetitive hook telling you what the song is about - you have to use your brain a little bit.
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Tana French
Irish Novelist
Don't be scared of 'said.' Writers sometimes go looking for alternatives because they worry that 'he said' and 'she said' will feel repetitive if they're used all the time, but I swear, they won't.
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Eugene Scalia
American Politician
Ergonomists are not physicians - they are engineers - and their medical theories are controversial. Some of the world's leading medical researchers deny that repetitive motion causes injury.
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Toni Collette
Australian Actress
I just never want to repeat myself. I also don't want to be bored in life. The great luxury of being an actor is you get to be different people, and I would hate to be repetitive.
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Shiloh Fernandez
American Actor
Innately, there are qualities in human beings that are always repetitive. There are things like love and hate and jealousy that are just going to be there forever.
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Chris Borland
American Athlete
The idea that just the basis of the game, repetitive hits, could bring on a cascade of issues later in life, that was - it changed the game for me.
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Alex Pareene
American Writer
I don't want to be totally repetitive and doing the same thing over and over again for the rest of my life. I don't want to do that at all.
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Alok Nath
Indian Actor
The only thing that I find repetitive is the number of marriages I have arranged in films. That is one thing I stay away from in real life.
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Sudha Chandran
I shifted my attention to South because I felt I was being overexposed in the TV medium and my characters were also getting repetitive.
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