mere repetition

collocation in English

meaningsofmereandrepetition

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mere
adjective[before noun]
uk
/mɪər/us
/mɪr/
used to emphasize that something is not large ...
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repetition
noun
uk
/ˌrep.ɪˈtɪʃ.ən/us
/ˌrep.əˈtɪʃ.ən/
the act of doing or saying ...
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(Definition ofmereandrepetitionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmere repetition

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I have got numerous other instances proving the same thing, but it would bemererepetitionto go through them.
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Themererepetitionof them does not prove anything.
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This is nomererepetitionof arguments which have been put forward year after year.
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What object is to be served by themererepetitionof arguments which were used all those years ago?
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That view is often repeated, but it is totally wrong, andmererepetitiondoes not make it true.
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I see no purpose inmererepetitionof points made earlier.
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If this ismererepetition, it is extraordinary that it has not been noticed by the draftsman before.
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It is amererepetitionof the platitudes that we have all read and heard so often before.
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That is amererepetitionof the question.
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I think a statement made requires some alteration when it is made more emphatically, andmererepetitionis not emphasis.
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It lasts for two years, but only the first few months are spent in training and after that the work ismererepetition.
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Tens of thousands are engaged inmererepetitionwork, in occupations which have no educative value.
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To make the same points in this debate would bemererepetition.
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Themererepetitionof a point of order does not establish it as a legitimate point of order.
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I have given an assurance, and repeat it now, thatmererepetition, without more, does not constitute contempt.
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The words are not required here and aremererepetition.
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I hope that it will not bemererepetition.
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I am not sure that a distinction betweenmererepetitionand aggravating factors disclosed by previous convictions can be realistically drawn.
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It is also important to emphasise that this is not amererepetitionor rehashing of a subject which has been discussed before.
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Undoubtedly they are notmererepetition.
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