gemination

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A noun referring to the act of doubling or repeating a word, phrase, or element, often for rhetorical emphasis, or the process of making a duplicate or copies of something.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que denota la acción de duplicar o repetir una palabra, frase o elemento, a menudo para un énfasis retórico, o el proceso de crear un duplicado o copias de algo.

1. Doubling for rhetorical effect C2 formal

   The repetition or doubling of a word or phrase to create emphasis or a rhetorical effect.

   • The phrase 'never, never, never give up' uses gemination for emphasis.
   • In poetry, gemination can intensify the emotional impact.
   • The speaker employed gemination to stress the urgency of the situation.

   🇪🇸Gemación retórica

   Sinónimos: reduplication

2. Act of copying or duplicating C2 formal

   The process of making a copy or duplicate of something.

   • The gemination of the document was necessary for the records.
   • The artist's gemination of the sculpture allowed for wider distribution.
   • Gemination of the key was required for the security system.

   🇪🇸Duplicación

   Sinónimos: copyingdoublingduplicationreduplicationreplication

• geminations plural form
• geminations' possessive plural form
• gemination's possessive singular form