REDUNDANT
\ɹɪdˈʌndənt], \ɹɪdˈʌndənt], \ɹ_ɪ_d_ˈʌ_n_d_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of REDUNDANT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
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more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"
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repetition of same sense in different words; "`a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions"; "the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological"; "at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"- J.B.
By Princeton University
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repetition of same sense in different words; "`a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions"; "the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological"; "at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"- J.B.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Exceeding what is natural or necessary; superabundant; exuberant; as, a redundant quantity of bile or food.
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Using more worrds or images than are necessary or useful; pleonastic.
By Oddity Software
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Exceeding what is natural or necessary; superabundant; exuberant; as, a redundant quantity of bile or food.
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Using more worrds or images than are necessary or useful; pleonastic.
By Noah Webster.
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Being more than is needed; super abundant; in writing or speaking, being too full, or too wordy; unnecessary to the sense; superfluous; more than enough.
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Redundance, redundancy.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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