repeat
gb/ɹɪpˈit/ us/ɹɪpˈit/
A2
Anglų
~ 1500
Reikšmės
0 reikšmių
Veiksmažodis
A2
action
1
Say or do again
To say or do something one more time.
Vartosenos šablonas:
to repeat [something]
Dažna klaida:
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.
Sinonimai
reiterate (More formal; often used for emphasizing a statement.)
Antonimai
stop (Means to cease doing something rather than doing it again.)
Kolokacijos
repeat a question
|repeat an action
|repeat a word
|repeat instructions
Temos
daily life
|communication
|core_vocabulary
Pavyzdžiai
- 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.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
- Please repeat your name.
- He repeated the question.
- I will repeat the words.
- Can you repeat that?
- The boy repeats the game.
Veiksmažodis
B1
action
2
Happen again
To happen again.
Dažna klaida:
Learners may confuse this with 'resume', which means to start again after stopping, not necessarily to happen again naturally.
Sinonimai
recur (More formal; often used for regular or predictable events.)
Antonimai
cease (Means to stop happening.)
Kolokacijos
history repeats itself
|pattern repeats
|event repeats
Temos
daily life
|core_vocabulary
Pavyzdžiai
- 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.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
- The problem repeats every day.
- The event repeats each year.
- Mistakes repeat if we do not learn.
- The game repeats after you win.
Daiktavardis
B1
event
3
Event shown again
A TV or radio show that is played again.
Dažna klaida:
Learners may confuse 'repeat' with 'recording'; a recording is a saved copy, a repeat is a re-broadcast.
Sinonimai
rerun (Common in American English for TV shows.)
Antonimai
premiere (Refers to the first showing of a program or performance.)
Kolokacijos
watch a repeat
|TV repeat
|old repeat
Temos
media
|communication
|arts_entertainment
Pavyzdžiai
- 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.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
- I watched a repeat of the show.
- The repeat was on Sunday.
- They play repeats in the morning.
Daiktavardis
B2
entity
4
Exact copy of action/words
Something done or said the same way as before.
Sinonimai
duplication (More formal; often used in technical contexts.)
Antonimai
original (Refers to something new, not copied.)
Kolokacijos
an exact repeat
|a near repeat
Temos
daily life
|core_vocabulary
|communication
Pavyzdžiai
- 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.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
- The game was a repeat of last week.
- The speech was a repeat from before.
- It was a repeat of the same error.
Gramatika
Pagrindinė forma
repeat
IPA
GB/ɹɪpˈit/
US/ɹɪpˈit/
Skiemenys ir kirčiavimas
re - peat (2 skiemenys)
Stress on 2nd syllable (peat)
Žodžio formos
Noun
- Base: repeat
- Plural: repeats
Verb
- Base: repeat
- 3rd Person Singular: repeats
- Present Participle: repeating
- Past: repeated
Žodžių šeima
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
Posakiai
on repeat
1/ˈɔn ɹɪpˈit/
fixed phrase
informal
Played over and over again
Played many times without stopping.
Pavyzdžiai
- 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.
Pavyzdžiai
- 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.
Pavyzdžiai
- 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.
Pavyzdžiai
- Some say history repeats itself in politics.
- History repeats itself when lessons are not learned.