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repetición — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • drill verb To make a hole in something using a rotating cutting tool.
  • repeat verb To say or do something again.
  • repetition noun The act of doing or saying something again, or an instance of it happening again.
  • replay verb To play something again, especially a recording.

Senses

repetición is used for these senses in English:

  • action replay In TV broadcasting, the reshowing of a short segment of action, especially slow-motion sporting action, shortly after it was broadcast live or in real-time.
  • drill An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation for some possible future event or occurrence.
  • repeat (genetics, biochemistry) A pattern of nucleic acids that occur in multiple copies throughout a genome (or of amino acids in a protein).
  • repetition The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated.
  • replay An act or instance of replaying (of playing something, such as a game, again); a replaying of (something).

drill — full definition

  1. verb To make a hole in something using a rotating cutting tool.
  2. verb To practise something repeatedly, often in a military or training context, until it becomes automatic.
  3. noun A tool or machine used for boring holes.
  4. noun A repeated practice exercise designed to build a skill or prepare for an emergency.
  5. noun A dark, gritty style of trap music known for aggressive, often violent lyrics.

repeat — full definition

  1. verb To say or do something again.
  2. noun An instance of something happening or being shown again, such as a rerun.

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