repeat
gb/ɹɪpˈit/ us/ɹɪpˈit/
A2
Angličtina
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Sloveso
A2
action
1
Say or do again
To say or do something one more time.
Vzorec užití:
to repeat [something]
Častá chyba:
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.
Synonyma
reiterate (More formal; often used for emphasizing a statement.)
Antonyma
stop (Means to cease doing something rather than doing it again.)
Kolokace
repeat a question
|repeat an action
|repeat a word
|repeat instructions
Témata
daily life
|communication
|core_vocabulary
Příklady
- 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.
Učební příklady
- Please repeat your name.
- He repeated the question.
- I will repeat the words.
- Can you repeat that?
- The boy repeats the game.
Sloveso
B1
action
2
Happen again
To happen again.
Častá chyba:
Learners may confuse this with 'resume', which means to start again after stopping, not necessarily to happen again naturally.
Synonyma
recur (More formal; often used for regular or predictable events.)
Antonyma
cease (Means to stop happening.)
Kolokace
history repeats itself
|pattern repeats
|event repeats
Témata
daily life
|core_vocabulary
Příklady
- 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.
Učební příklady
- The problem repeats every day.
- The event repeats each year.
- Mistakes repeat if we do not learn.
- The game repeats after you win.
Podstatné jméno
B1
event
3
Event shown again
A TV or radio show that is played again.
Častá chyba:
Learners may confuse 'repeat' with 'recording'; a recording is a saved copy, a repeat is a re-broadcast.
Synonyma
rerun (Common in American English for TV shows.)
Antonyma
premiere (Refers to the first showing of a program or performance.)
Kolokace
watch a repeat
|TV repeat
|old repeat
Témata
media
|communication
|arts_entertainment
Příklady
- 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.
Učební příklady
- I watched a repeat of the show.
- The repeat was on Sunday.
- They play repeats in the morning.
Podstatné jméno
B2
entity
4
Exact copy of action/words
Something done or said the same way as before.
Synonyma
duplication (More formal; often used in technical contexts.)
Antonyma
original (Refers to something new, not copied.)
Kolokace
an exact repeat
|a near repeat
Témata
daily life
|core_vocabulary
|communication
Příklady
- 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.
Učební příklady
- The game was a repeat of last week.
- The speech was a repeat from before.
- It was a repeat of the same error.
Gramatika
Slovníkový tvar
repeat
IPA
GB/ɹɪpˈit/
US/ɹɪpˈit/
Slabiky a přízvuk
re - peat (2 slabiky)
Stress on 2nd syllable (peat)
Tvary slova
Noun
- Base: repeat
- Plural: repeats
Verb
- Base: repeat
- 3rd Person Singular: repeats
- Present Participle: repeating
- Past: repeated
Příbuzná slova
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
Výrazy
on repeat
1/ˈɔn ɹɪpˈit/
fixed phrase
informal
Played over and over again
Played many times without stopping.
Příklady
- 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.
Příklady
- 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.
Příklady
- 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.
Příklady
- Some say history repeats itself in politics.
- History repeats itself when lessons are not learned.