repeat
gb/ɹɪpˈit/ us/ɹɪpˈit/
A2
Англійська
~ 1500
Значення
0 значень
Дієслово
A2
action
1
Say or do again
To say or do something one more time.
Модель уживання:
to repeat [something]
Поширена помилка:
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.
Синоніми
reiterate (More formal; often used for emphasizing a statement.)
Антоніми
stop (Means to cease doing something rather than doing it again.)
Словосполучення
repeat a question
|repeat an action
|repeat a word
|repeat instructions
Теми
daily life
|communication
|core_vocabulary
Приклади
- 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.
Навчальні приклади
- Please repeat your name.
- He repeated the question.
- I will repeat the words.
- Can you repeat that?
- The boy repeats the game.
Дієслово
B1
action
2
Happen again
To happen again.
Поширена помилка:
Learners may confuse this with 'resume', which means to start again after stopping, not necessarily to happen again naturally.
Синоніми
recur (More formal; often used for regular or predictable events.)
Антоніми
cease (Means to stop happening.)
Словосполучення
history repeats itself
|pattern repeats
|event repeats
Теми
daily life
|core_vocabulary
Приклади
- 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.
Навчальні приклади
- The problem repeats every day.
- The event repeats each year.
- Mistakes repeat if we do not learn.
- The game repeats after you win.
Іменник
B1
event
3
Event shown again
A TV or radio show that is played again.
Поширена помилка:
Learners may confuse 'repeat' with 'recording'; a recording is a saved copy, a repeat is a re-broadcast.
Синоніми
rerun (Common in American English for TV shows.)
Антоніми
premiere (Refers to the first showing of a program or performance.)
Словосполучення
watch a repeat
|TV repeat
|old repeat
Теми
media
|communication
|arts_entertainment
Приклади
- 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.
Навчальні приклади
- I watched a repeat of the show.
- The repeat was on Sunday.
- They play repeats in the morning.
Іменник
B2
entity
4
Exact copy of action/words
Something done or said the same way as before.
Синоніми
duplication (More formal; often used in technical contexts.)
Антоніми
original (Refers to something new, not copied.)
Словосполучення
an exact repeat
|a near repeat
Теми
daily life
|core_vocabulary
|communication
Приклади
- 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.
Навчальні приклади
- The game was a repeat of last week.
- The speech was a repeat from before.
- It was a repeat of the same error.
Граматика
Словникова форма
repeat
IPA
GB/ɹɪpˈit/
US/ɹɪpˈit/
Склади й наголос
re - peat (2 склади)
Stress on 2nd syllable (peat)
Форми слова
Noun
- Base: repeat
- Plural: repeats
Verb
- Base: repeat
- 3rd Person Singular: repeats
- Present Participle: repeating
- Past: repeated
Споріднені слова
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
Вирази
on repeat
1/ˈɔn ɹɪpˈit/
fixed phrase
informal
Played over and over again
Played many times without stopping.
Приклади
- 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.
Приклади
- 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.
Приклади
- 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.
Приклади
- Some say history repeats itself in politics.
- History repeats itself when lessons are not learned.