repeat
gb/ɹɪpˈit/ us/ɹɪpˈit/
A2
Английски
~ 1500
Значения
0 значения
Глагол
A2
action
1
Say or do again
To say or do something one more time.
Модел на употреба:
to repeat [something]
Честа грешка:
Learners sometimes confuse 'repeat' with 'replay' when talking about media. 'Replay' is for playing a recording again, 'repeat' is for saying or doing again in general.
Синоними
reiterate (More formal; often used for emphasizing a statement.)
Антоними
stop (Means to cease doing something rather than doing it again.)
Колокации
repeat a question
|repeat an action
|repeat a word
|repeat instructions
Теми
daily life
|communication
|core_vocabulary
Примери
- Could you repeat the last sentence, please?
- She repeated the experiment to check the results.
- He repeated his request until someone listened.
- I had to repeat the test because of a mistake.
- The teacher asked him to repeat the answer more clearly.
Примери за учащи
- Please repeat your name.
- He repeated the question.
- I will repeat the words.
- Can you repeat that?
- The boy repeats the game.
Глагол
B1
action
2
Happen again
To happen again.
Честа грешка:
Learners may confuse this with 'resume', which means to start again after stopping, not necessarily to happen again naturally.
Синоними
recur (More formal; often used for regular or predictable events.)
Антоними
cease (Means to stop happening.)
Колокации
history repeats itself
|pattern repeats
|event repeats
Теми
daily life
|core_vocabulary
Примери
- The same problem keeps repeating every month.
- History often repeats itself.
- These mistakes should not repeat in the future.
- The cycle will repeat until changes are made.
Примери за учащи
- The problem repeats every day.
- The event repeats each year.
- Mistakes repeat if we do not learn.
- The game repeats after you win.
Съществително
B1
event
3
Event shown again
A TV or radio show that is played again.
Честа грешка:
Learners may confuse 'repeat' with 'recording'; a recording is a saved copy, a repeat is a re-broadcast.
Синоними
rerun (Common in American English for TV shows.)
Антоними
premiere (Refers to the first showing of a program or performance.)
Колокации
watch a repeat
|TV repeat
|old repeat
Теми
media
|communication
|arts_entertainment
Примери
- They're showing a repeat of last week's episode tonight.
- I caught the repeat of the match on Sunday.
- The channel often broadcasts repeats during the summer.
Примери за учащи
- I watched a repeat of the show.
- The repeat was on Sunday.
- They play repeats in the morning.
Съществително
B2
entity
4
Exact copy of action/words
Something done or said the same way as before.
Синоними
duplication (More formal; often used in technical contexts.)
Антоними
original (Refers to something new, not copied.)
Колокации
an exact repeat
|a near repeat
Теми
daily life
|core_vocabulary
|communication
Примери
- This year's performance was almost a repeat of last year's.
- His joke was just a repeat from yesterday.
- It was a repeat of their earlier mistake.
Примери за учащи
- The game was a repeat of last week.
- The speech was a repeat from before.
- It was a repeat of the same error.
Граматика
Речникова форма
repeat
IPA
GB/ɹɪpˈit/
US/ɹɪpˈit/
Срички и ударение
re - peat (2 срички)
Stress on 2nd syllable (peat)
Форми на думата
Noun
- Base: repeat
- Plural: repeats
Verb
- Base: repeat
- 3rd Person Singular: repeats
- Present Participle: repeating
- Past: repeated
Семейство думи
Forms
repeats
noun
repeating
verb
repeated
verb
Core family
Related words
repeatable
adjective
Negative and opposite forms
unrepeatable
adjective
Advanced or less common
repetitious
adjective
repetitively
adverb
Изрази
on repeat
1/ˈɔn ɹɪpˈit/
fixed phrase
informal
Played over and over again
Played many times without stopping.
Примери
- That song has been on repeat all day.
- I keep this movie on repeat when I’m sick.
repeat after me
1/ɹɪpˈit ˈæftɚ mˈi/
fixed phrase
Copy spoken words immediately
Say the same words that I say, right after me.
Примери
- Repeat after me: 'I will study every day.'
- In class, the teacher said, 'Repeat after me.'
history repeats itself
1/hˈɪstɚi ɹɪpˈits ɪtsˈɛlf/
idiom
Past events happen again
Things that happened before often happen again in a similar way.
Примери
- They say history repeats itself when people make the same mistakes as in the past.
- Wars show that history repeats itself.
history repeats itself
2/hˈɪstɚi ɹɪpˈits ɪtsˈɛlf/
idiom
Similar events recur over time
The same kinds of events happen again and again over time.
Примери
- Some say history repeats itself in politics.
- History repeats itself when lessons are not learned.