repeat
gb/ɹɪpˈit/ us/ɹɪpˈit/
A2
Engleză
~ 1500
megismétel, ismétlődik, ismétlés, másolat, replika
VERB
A2
1
megismétel
B1
Tipar de utilizare:
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.
Exemple pentru cursanți
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.
Greșeală frecventă:
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.
Sens
Say or do again
Colocații
repeat a question
|repeat an action
|repeat a word
|repeat instructions
Sinonime
reiterate (More formal; often used for emphasizing a statement.)
Antonime
stop (Means to cease doing something rather than doing it again.)
Teme
daily life
|communication
|core_vocabulary
Definiție
To say or do something one more time.
To say, write, or do something again.
VERB
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.
Exemple pentru cursanți
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.
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners may confuse this with 'resume', which means to start again after stopping, not necessarily to happen again naturally.
Sens
Happen again
Colocații
history repeats itself
|pattern repeats
|event repeats
Sinonime
recur (More formal; often used for regular or predictable events.)
Antonime
cease (Means to stop happening.)
Teme
daily life
|core_vocabulary
Definiție
To happen again.
To occur or happen more than once.
SUBSTANTIV
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.
Exemple pentru cursanți
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.
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners may confuse 'repeat' with 'recording'; a recording is a saved copy, a repeat is a re-broadcast.
Sens
Event shown again
Colocații
watch a repeat
|TV repeat
|old repeat
Sinonime
rerun (Common in American English for TV shows.)
Antonime
premiere (Refers to the first showing of a program or performance.)
Teme
media
|communication
|arts_entertainment
Definiție
A TV or radio show that is played again.
A television or radio program, or other performance, that is shown or broadcast again.
SUBSTANTIV
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.
Exemple pentru cursanți
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.
Sens
Exact copy of action/words
Colocații
an exact repeat
|a near repeat
Sinonime
duplication (More formal; often used in technical contexts.)
Antonime
original (Refers to something new, not copied.)
Teme
daily life
|core_vocabulary
|communication
Definiție
Something done or said the same way as before.
Something that is exactly the same as something done, said, or made before.
Gramatică
Forma de dicționar
repeat
IPA
GB/ɹɪpˈit/
US/ɹɪpˈit/
Silabe și accent
re - peat (2 silabe)
Stress on 2nd syllable (peat)
Forme ale cuvântului
Noun
- Base: repeat
- Plural: repeats
Verb
- Base: repeat
- 3rd Person Singular: repeats
- Present Participle: repeating
- Past: repeated
Familie de cuvinte
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
Expresii
on repeat
1/ˈɔn ɹɪpˈit/
fixed phrase
informal
Played over and over again
Played many times without stopping.
Exemple
- 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.
Exemple
- 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.
Exemple
- 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.
Exemple
- Some say history repeats itself in politics.
- History repeats itself when lessons are not learned.