reduplication

reduplication is a 13-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of doubling, or the state of being doubled. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

13 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 23 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of doubling, or the state of being doubled.
2. noun. A figure in which the first word of a verse is the same as the last word of the preceding verse.
3. noun. The doubling of a stem or syllable (more or less modified), with the effect of changing the time expressed, intensifying the meaning, or making the word more imitative; also, the syllable thus added; as, L. tetuli; poposci.
4. noun. the act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof)

   Synonyms: reiteration

5. noun. a word formed by or containing a repeated syllable or speech sound (usually at the beginning of the word)
6. noun. the syllable added in a reduplicated word form
7. noun. repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next

   Synonyms: anadiplosis

Synonyms

reiteration, anadiplosis

Common word forms

reduplications

Words from these letters

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