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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

event go
something that happens at a given place and time

act, deed, human action, human activity go
something that people do or cause to happen

activity go
any specific behavior

continuance, continuation go
the act of continuing an activity without interruption

repetition, repeating
the act of doing or performing again

noun.act

8 Subcategories

echolalia go
(psychiatry) mechanical and meaningless repetition of the words of another person (as in schizophrenia)
iteration go
doing or saying again
redundancy go
repetition of an act needlessly
reduplication, reiteration go
the act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof)
copying go
an act of copying
replay, instant replay, action replay go
the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape
renewal go
the act of renewing
replication go
the repetition of an experiment in order to test the validity of its conclusion