redundant
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin redundāns, present participle of redundō (“to overflow, redound”), from red- (“again, back”) + undō (“to surge, flood”), from unda (“a wave”).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK, US, Canada) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈdʌn.dənt/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈdan.dənt/
Audio (AU) (file)
Adjective edit
redundant (comparative more redundant, superlative most redundant)
- Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary, no longer needed.
- 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “A Further Account of the Academy. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part III (A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdribb, Luggnagg, and Japan), page 82:
- It is allowed, that Senates and great Councils are often troubled with redundant, ebullient, and other peccant Humours, with many Diſeaſes of the Head and more of the Heart; [...]
- 1822, John Barclay, chapter I, in An Inquiry Into the Opinions, Ancient and Modern, Concerning Life and Organization[1], Edinburgh, London: Bell & Bradfute; Waugh & Innes; G. & W. B. Whittaker, section I, page 1:
- In the living state, the body is observed to receive aliment; to assimilate a part; to evacuate what is redundant or useless; [...]
- 2020 December 16, “Network News: "Robust case" for Fawley branch reopening”, in Rail, page 14:
- A key driver has been the approval of a new housing and employment development called Fawley Waterside, with 1,500 homes planned on the site of a redundant power station on the edge of Southampton Water.
- 2021 December 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards honour the best restoration projects: The Network Rail Community Award: Saltash and Stow”, in RAIL, number 946, page 58:
- Two entrants shared this award for their work on two quite different stations, but with the same purpose of bringing a redundant station building back into use for the benefit of the community, with the added result of conserving an historic building.
- (of words, writing, etc) Repetitive or needlessly wordy.
- (chiefly Britain, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia) Dismissed from employment because no longer needed.
- Four employees were made redundant.
- Duplicating or able to duplicate the function of another component of a system, providing backup in the event the other component fails.
- 2013, Tom Denton, Automobile Electrical and Electronic Systems, page 142:
- The two lines are mainly used for redundant and therefore fault-tolerant message transmission, but they can also transmit different messages.
Synonyms edit
- (dismissed from employment): surplus to requirements
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Translations edit
superfluous
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needlessly wordy
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Further reading edit
- “redundant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “redundant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “redundant”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin redundantem.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [rə.ðunˈdan]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [rə.ðunˈdant]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [re.ðunˈdant]
Adjective edit
redundant m or f (masculine and feminine plural redundants)
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German edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately borrowed from Latin redundans.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
redundant (strong nominative masculine singular redundanter, comparative redundanter, superlative am redundantesten)
- redundant
- Synonym: überzählig
Declension edit
Positive forms of redundant
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Latin edit
Verb edit
redundant
Romanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English redundant and French redondant, from Latin redundans.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
redundant m or n (feminine singular redundantă, masculine plural redundanți, feminine and neuter plural redundante)
Declension edit
Declension of redundant
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | redundant | redundantă | redundanți | redundante | ||
definite | redundantul | redundanta | redundanții | redundantele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | redundant | redundante | redundanți | redundante | ||
definite | redundantului | redundantei | redundanților | redundantilor |