repeat
gb/ɹɪpˈit/ us/ɹɪpˈit/
A2
Αγγλικά
~ 1500
Σημασίες
0 σημασίες
Ρήμα
A2
action
1
Say or do again
To say or do something one more time.
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
to repeat [something]
Συχνό λάθος:
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.
Συνώνυμα
reiterate (More formal; often used for emphasizing a statement.)
Αντώνυμα
stop (Means to cease doing something rather than doing it again.)
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
repeat a question
|repeat an action
|repeat a word
|repeat instructions
Θέματα
daily life
|communication
|core_vocabulary
Παραδείγματα
- 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.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
- Please repeat your name.
- He repeated the question.
- I will repeat the words.
- Can you repeat that?
- The boy repeats the game.
Ρήμα
B1
action
2
Happen again
To happen again.
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners may confuse this with 'resume', which means to start again after stopping, not necessarily to happen again naturally.
Συνώνυμα
recur (More formal; often used for regular or predictable events.)
Αντώνυμα
cease (Means to stop happening.)
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
history repeats itself
|pattern repeats
|event repeats
Θέματα
daily life
|core_vocabulary
Παραδείγματα
- 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.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
- The problem repeats every day.
- The event repeats each year.
- Mistakes repeat if we do not learn.
- The game repeats after you win.
Ουσιαστικό
B1
event
3
Event shown again
A TV or radio show that is played again.
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners may confuse 'repeat' with 'recording'; a recording is a saved copy, a repeat is a re-broadcast.
Συνώνυμα
rerun (Common in American English for TV shows.)
Αντώνυμα
premiere (Refers to the first showing of a program or performance.)
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
watch a repeat
|TV repeat
|old repeat
Θέματα
media
|communication
|arts_entertainment
Παραδείγματα
- 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.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
- I watched a repeat of the show.
- The repeat was on Sunday.
- They play repeats in the morning.
Ουσιαστικό
B2
entity
4
Exact copy of action/words
Something done or said the same way as before.
Συνώνυμα
duplication (More formal; often used in technical contexts.)
Αντώνυμα
original (Refers to something new, not copied.)
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
an exact repeat
|a near repeat
Θέματα
daily life
|core_vocabulary
|communication
Παραδείγματα
- 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.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
- The game was a repeat of last week.
- The speech was a repeat from before.
- It was a repeat of the same error.
Γραμματική
Λημματική μορφή
repeat
IPA
GB/ɹɪpˈit/
US/ɹɪpˈit/
Συλλαβές και τόνος
re - peat (2 συλλαβές)
Stress on 2nd syllable (peat)
Τύποι λέξης
Noun
- Base: repeat
- Plural: repeats
Verb
- Base: repeat
- 3rd Person Singular: repeats
- Present Participle: repeating
- Past: repeated
Οικογένεια λέξεων
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
Εκφράσεις
on repeat
1/ˈɔn ɹɪpˈit/
fixed phrase
informal
Played over and over again
Played many times without stopping.
Παραδείγματα
- 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.
Παραδείγματα
- 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.
Παραδείγματα
- 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.
Παραδείγματα
- Some say history repeats itself in politics.
- History repeats itself when lessons are not learned.