repeat
gb/ɹɪpˈit/ us/ɹɪpˈit/
A2
Inglês
~ 1500
megismétel, ismétlődik, ismétlés, másolat, replika
VERBO
A2
1
megismétel
B1
Padrão de uso:
to repeat [something]
Could you repeat the last sentence, please?
Megismételné az utolsó mondatot, kérem?
She repeated the experiment to check the results.
Megismételte a kísérletet, hogy ellenőrizze az eredményeket.
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.
Exemplos para aprendentes
Please repeat your name.
Kérem, ismételje meg a nevét.
He repeated the question.
Megismételte a kérdést.
I will repeat the words.
Can you repeat that?
The boy repeats the game.
Erro comum:
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.
Significado
Say or do again
Colocações
repeat a question
|repeat an action
|repeat a word
|repeat instructions
Sinónimos
reiterate (More formal; often used for emphasizing a statement.)
Antónimos
stop (Means to cease doing something rather than doing it again.)
Temas
daily life
|communication
|core_vocabulary
Definição
To say or do something one more time.
To say, write, or do something again.
VERBO
B1
2
ismétlődik
B1
The same problem keeps repeating every month.
Ugyanaz a probléma hónapról hónapra ismétlődik.
History often repeats itself.
A történelem gyakran ismétli önmagát.
These mistakes should not repeat in the future.
The cycle will repeat until changes are made.
Exemplos para aprendentes
The problem repeats every day.
A probléma minden nap ismétlődik.
The event repeats each year.
Az esemény minden évben ismétlődik.
Mistakes repeat if we do not learn.
The game repeats after you win.
Erro comum:
Learners may confuse this with 'resume', which means to start again after stopping, not necessarily to happen again naturally.
Significado
Happen again
Colocações
history repeats itself
|pattern repeats
|event repeats
Sinónimos
recur (More formal; often used for regular or predictable events.)
Antónimos
cease (Means to stop happening.)
Temas
daily life
|core_vocabulary
Definição
To happen again.
To occur or happen more than once.
NOME
B1
3
ismétlés
B1
They're showing a repeat of last week's episode tonight.
Ma este a múlt heti epizód ismétlését adják.
I caught the repeat of the match on Sunday.
Vasárnap elcsíptem a meccs ismétlését.
The channel often broadcasts repeats during the summer.
Exemplos para aprendentes
I watched a repeat of the show.
Megnéztem a műsor ismétlését.
The repeat was on Sunday.
Az ismétlés vasárnap volt.
They play repeats in the morning.
Erro comum:
Learners may confuse 'repeat' with 'recording'; a recording is a saved copy, a repeat is a re-broadcast.
Significado
Event shown again
Colocações
watch a repeat
|TV repeat
|old repeat
Sinónimos
rerun (Common in American English for TV shows.)
Antónimos
premiere (Refers to the first showing of a program or performance.)
Temas
media
|communication
|arts_entertainment
Definição
A TV or radio show that is played again.
A television or radio program, or other performance, that is shown or broadcast again.
NOME
B2
4
This year's performance was almost a repeat of last year's.
Az idei előadás szinte a tavalyi másolata volt.
His joke was just a repeat from yesterday.
A vicce csak a tegnapi poén ismétlése volt.
It was a repeat of their earlier mistake.
Exemplos para aprendentes
The game was a repeat of last week.
A meccs a múlt heti másolata volt.
The speech was a repeat from before.
A beszéd egy korábbi beszéd ismétlése volt.
It was a repeat of the same error.
Significado
Exact copy of action/words
Colocações
an exact repeat
|a near repeat
Sinónimos
duplication (More formal; often used in technical contexts.)
Antónimos
original (Refers to something new, not copied.)
Temas
daily life
|core_vocabulary
|communication
Definição
Something done or said the same way as before.
Something that is exactly the same as something done, said, or made before.
Gramática
Forma de dicionário
repeat
IPA
GB/ɹɪpˈit/
US/ɹɪpˈit/
Sílabas e acento
re - peat (2 sílabas)
Stress on 2nd syllable (peat)
Formas da palavra
Noun
- Base: repeat
- Plural: repeats
Verb
- Base: repeat
- 3rd Person Singular: repeats
- Present Participle: repeating
- Past: repeated
Família de palavras
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
Expressões
on repeat
1/ˈɔn ɹɪpˈit/
fixed phrase
informal
Played over and over again
Played many times without stopping.
Exemplos
- 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.
Exemplos
- 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.
Exemplos
- 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.
Exemplos
- Some say history repeats itself in politics.
- History repeats itself when lessons are not learned.