Anadiplosis (/ænədᵻˈploʊsᵻs/ AN-ə-di-PLOH-sis; Greek:ἀναδίπλωσις, anadíplōsis, "a doubling, folding up") is the repetition of the last word of a preceding clause. The word is used at the end of a sentence and then used again at the beginning of the next sentence.