redundancy
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5.2
- noun
- /rɪˈdʌndənsi/
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redundancia
- In programming, redundancy can lead to confusion, as unnecessary code makes it harder to read and maintain the project.
- redundancy and repetition
- remove redundancy
- avoid redundancy
So this idea that the brain has enormous redundancy will now change that number to five.
- So this idea that the brain has enormous redundancy will now change that number to five.
- So what we seem to have learned is, is that there's a lot of redundancy in these images.
- And there's so much redundancies in the dialogue that, you know, people go in circles, stuff like that.
- So saying that the social climbing narcissist to me feels like a redundancy.
- It it's, you know, endless variety with endless redundancy.
Examples
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Students' results improve as more redundancy is built in, for example, by repeating rules and important concepts.
Academic text (1994) -
My first short-term aim was to eliminate duplication, redundancy, and excessive layering of offices and duties at headquarters.
Academic text (1992) -
And the longer it takes for the redundancy to disappear, the more permanent the decline in employment will be.
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An alarm system would be an unnecessary redundancy.
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Redundancy is the result of the wasted overhead when multiple people are working on the same problem in different teams.
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By printing excerpts, we have sought both to reduce redundancy and to focus on each writer's most noteworthy comments.
Fiction book (1996) -
The result is faster work, fewer errors, less redundancy, greater cooperation, and smoother workflow.
Academic text (1998) -
Long-term joblessness has become more common in Finland, and redundancy now also affects white-collar occupations.
Academic text (1999) -
To improve communication, we should eliminate redundancy in our reports and presentations.
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The professor warned his students about redundancy in their essays, advising them to avoid repeating the same ideas.
Synonyms
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1.0
An event that happens again in the same way
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3.2
Using the same word or phrase to make a point stronger and create a rhythm
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5.7
Too much of something that is not needed
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4.9
An action of saying or doing the same thing again to make it clear and show its importance
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8.5
Words that repeat the same idea unnecessarily
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4.8
Repeated use of the same words or actions that makes something boring
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7.9
A very large amount of something that is more than needed
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1.8
Doing something again to practice or make it clear
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9.9
A habit of using too many words that makes people bored
A situation with extra parts or ideas that are not needed
Being more than what is needed
A phrase that uses more words than needed
A habit of saying the same words or ideas too often so people get bored
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
6.8
A simple math check that finds errors in files on drives or during transfer
- Specialized
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5.5
A way to find mistakes in data by adding extra information when sending or saving it
How Excessive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word redundancy comes from Latin parts re- ('again') and undare ('to flow' or 'to flood'). You can see the same root in abundant, which means 'more than enough'. So in writing, redundancy is an 'overflow' of words — extra or repeated language that is not needed.