repeat
gb/ɹɪpˈit/ us/ɹɪpˈit/
A2
انگریزی
~ 1500
معانی
0 معانی
فعل
A2
action
1
Say or do again
To say or do something one more time.
استعمال کا انداز:
to repeat [something]
عام غلطی:
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.
ہم معنی الفاظ
reiterate (More formal; often used for emphasizing a statement.)
متضاد الفاظ
stop (Means to cease doing something rather than doing it again.)
لفظی تراکیب
repeat a question
|repeat an action
|repeat a word
|repeat instructions
موضوعات
daily life
|communication
|core_vocabulary
مثالیں
- 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.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
- Please repeat your name.
- He repeated the question.
- I will repeat the words.
- Can you repeat that?
- The boy repeats the game.
فعل
B1
action
2
Happen again
To happen again.
عام غلطی:
Learners may confuse this with 'resume', which means to start again after stopping, not necessarily to happen again naturally.
ہم معنی الفاظ
recur (More formal; often used for regular or predictable events.)
متضاد الفاظ
cease (Means to stop happening.)
لفظی تراکیب
history repeats itself
|pattern repeats
|event repeats
موضوعات
daily life
|core_vocabulary
مثالیں
- 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.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
- The problem repeats every day.
- The event repeats each year.
- Mistakes repeat if we do not learn.
- The game repeats after you win.
اسم
B1
event
3
Event shown again
A TV or radio show that is played again.
عام غلطی:
Learners may confuse 'repeat' with 'recording'; a recording is a saved copy, a repeat is a re-broadcast.
ہم معنی الفاظ
rerun (Common in American English for TV shows.)
متضاد الفاظ
premiere (Refers to the first showing of a program or performance.)
لفظی تراکیب
watch a repeat
|TV repeat
|old repeat
موضوعات
media
|communication
|arts_entertainment
مثالیں
- 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.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
- I watched a repeat of the show.
- The repeat was on Sunday.
- They play repeats in the morning.
اسم
B2
entity
4
Exact copy of action/words
Something done or said the same way as before.
ہم معنی الفاظ
duplication (More formal; often used in technical contexts.)
متضاد الفاظ
original (Refers to something new, not copied.)
لفظی تراکیب
an exact repeat
|a near repeat
موضوعات
daily life
|core_vocabulary
|communication
مثالیں
- 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.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
- The game was a repeat of last week.
- The speech was a repeat from before.
- It was a repeat of the same error.
گرامر
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IPA
GB/ɹɪpˈit/
US/ɹɪpˈit/
ہجا بندی اور زور
re - peat (2 ہجے)
Stress on 2nd syllable (peat)
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Noun
- Base: repeat
- Plural: repeats
Verb
- Base: repeat
- 3rd Person Singular: repeats
- Present Participle: repeating
- Past: repeated
متعلقہ الفاظ
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
عبارات
on repeat
1/ˈɔn ɹɪpˈit/
fixed phrase
informal
Played over and over again
Played many times without stopping.
مثالیں
- 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.
مثالیں
- 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.
مثالیں
- 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.
مثالیں
- Some say history repeats itself in politics.
- History repeats itself when lessons are not learned.