📖 R — The English dictionary · page 29

replacement — Everyday, meaning 1: A replacement is a new thing or person that takes the place of one that is broken, lost or gone.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Replacement is the act of putting something new in place of something old.↗ Example: The shop gave me a replacement for my broken watch.↗ · We had a replacement teacher while Mr Jones was ill.↗ · There's a replacement bus service because the trains are not running.↗ · He came on as a replacement in the second half.↗ · Pick a ball from the bag, with replacement.↗ · Hip replacement surgery helped Grandma walk again.↗ · The replacement batteries cost £4.↗

replay — Everyday, meaning 1: To replay something means to play it again, such as a video, song or game.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A replay is a recording shown again, especially of a moment in sport.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A replay is a match that is played again because the first one was a draw or was stopped.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To replay a memory means to keep thinking about it.↗ Example: Let's replay the video to see the goal again.↗ · The replay showed the ball was over the line.↗ · The cup match ended in a draw, so there will be a replay.↗ · I kept replaying the funny moment in my head.↗ · Press replay to hear the song again.↗ · Watch the slow-motion replay.↗

replenish — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) To replenish something is to fill it up again or bring it back to the amount it was before.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To replenish your energy is to rest, eat or drink so you feel strong again.↗ Early Modern English, meaning 1: To fill the earth with people, so that it is full of living things again.↗ Example: The rain replenished the reservoir.↗ · Drink water to replenish what you lost through sweat.↗ · The shop replenishes its shelves each night.↗ · The class replenished the stock of pencils.↗ · Hikers stopped to replenish their water bottles.↗ · The tank had 20 litres; we replenished it with 30 litres, making 50 litres.↗ · Observing in the course of their simple repast that the wine bowl was miraculously replenished, the aged couple became convinced of the divine nature of their guests.↗ · And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them: 'Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth.↗ (Torah GEN.9.1, JPS 1917)↗ · For I have satiated the weary soul, and every pining soul have I replenished.↗ (Prophets JER.31.25, JPS 1917)↗ · Be still, ye inhabitants of the coast-land; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.↗ (Prophets ISA.23.2, JPS 1917)↗ · The ships of Tarshish brought thee tribute for thy merchandise; so wast thou replenished, and made very heavy in the heart of the seas.↗ (Prophets EZK.27.25, JPS 1917)↗ · And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them: 'Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth.↗ (Torah GEN.9.1, JPS 1917) · The little boy sat perfectly quiet, betraying no impatience when Uncle Remus paused to hunt, first in one pocket and then in another, for enough crumbs of tobacco to replenish his pipe.↗ (Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings)

replenishment — Everyday, meaning 1: Filling something up again after it has been used or emptied.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The new supply that fills it up.↗ Example: Rain brings replenishment to the reservoir.↗ · The shop waits for the replenishment of its milk supplies.↗ · After the race, our bodies need replenishment of water and salts.↗ · The ship stopped at the port for replenishment.↗ · Replenishment of the forest takes many years after a fire.↗ · The class store cupboard needs replenishment of glue sticks.↗

replete — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) Replete with something means full of it or well supplied with it.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) Replete can also mean very full after eating.↗ Example: The museum is replete with dinosaur bones.↗ · After the huge Christmas dinner, we all sat back, replete.↗ · The garden was replete with flowers.↗ · His essay was replete with spelling mistakes.↗ · The old castle is replete with secret passages.↗ · In plain words, replete with means full of.↗ · In choosing for him a task so replete with danger, Eurystheus was in hopes that he might rid himself for ever of his hated cousin.↗

replica — Everyday, meaning 1: A replica is a very exact copy of something, such as a famous ship, statue, building or shirt.↗ Example: We visited a replica of the Golden Hind.↗ · The museum shows a replica of the crown.↗ · I have a replica football shirt.↗ · The model is a replica of the Eiffel Tower.↗ · A replica dinosaur skeleton stood in the hall.↗ · The real painting is safe; this is a replica.↗

replicate — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: To make an exact copy of something, or to do something again in the same way.↗

replication — Everyday, meaning 1: Making an exact copy of something.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (science) Doing an experiment again to see whether you get the same result.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (biology) The way cells copy their DNA or viruses make copies of themselves.↗ Example: We did three replications of the experiment to be sure.↗ · Replication helps scientists check that results are not a fluke.↗ · Before a cell divides, DNA replication makes a copy.↗ · The museum's dinosaur is a replication, not a real fossil.↗ · Viruses spread by replication inside cells.↗ · Without replication, one strange result is not enough.↗

reply — Everyday, meaning 1: To reply is to answer, in words, writing or action.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A reply is an answer to a question, letter or message.↗ Example: She replied with a smile.↗ · Please reply to the party invitation by Friday.↗ · I knocked but there was no reply.↗ · He wrote a reply to his pen pal.↗ · Don't reply to messages from strangers.↗ · «Yes, please,» she replied.↗ · In reply to your question, the answer is 12.↗ · Wait for a reply before you go in.↗ · For reply came a low growl.↗

report — Everyday, meaning 1: A report is a piece of writing or a talk that gives facts about something.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A school report is a paper that tells parents how a child is doing at school.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To report means to tell people about something that happened.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To report a problem means to tell someone in charge, like a teacher or the police.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A report can also be a sudden loud bang, such as a gunshot.↗ Example: I wrote a report about tigers.↗ · My school report says I'm good at maths.↗ · Please report any accidents to the teacher.↗ · The reporter reported on the flood.↗ · Did you see the weather report?↗ · We gave a report about our science experiment.↗ · If someone is bullying you, report it to an adult.↗ · Write your book report by Friday.↗ · Niels was wakened by the report.↗ “What’s that?” he said.↗ · Thou shalt not utter a false report; put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.↗ (Torah EXO.23.1, JPS 1917)↗ · even those men that did bring up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before the LORD.↗ (Torah NUM.14.37, JPS 1917)↗ · And the report thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying: 'Joseph's brethren are come'; and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.↗ (Torah GEN.45.16, JPS 1917)↗ · 'Who would have believed our report?↗ (Prophets ISA.53.1, JPS 1917)↗ · So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not reported.↗ (Prophets JER.38.27, JPS 1917)↗ · Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him.↗ (Writings NEH.6.19, JPS 1917)↗

reportedly — Everyday, meaning 1: Reportedly means «according to what people say or what news reports say», when we are not completely sure it is true.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: It tells the reader the writer is passing on a claim, not stating a proven fact.↗ Example: The singer is reportedly planning a new album.↗ · The bridge reportedly cost twice as much as planned.↗ · King Alfred reportedly burnt some cakes while hiding.↗ · The storm has reportedly knocked out power to thousands of homes.↗ · Our team is reportedly getting a new coach.↗ · The spider reportedly escaped from the zoo, but it has not been confirmed.↗ · The prize was reportedly worth a million dollars.↗ · When you read «reportedly», ask: who reported it?↗

reporter — Everyday, meaning 1: A person whose job is to find out news and tell it in a newspaper, on television, on radio or online.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A person who reports or tells about something, for example in a class group.↗ Example: A TV reporter came to film our school garden.↗ · The reporter asked the firefighter how the fire started.↗ · In group work, Amelia was our reporter.↗ · The sports reporter wrote about the final.↗ · Reporters waited outside the court for the verdict.↗ · A good reporter checks facts before writing the story.↗ · I want to be a reporter for the school newspaper.↗ · And the reporters giggled, and each dropped a blot of ink on the floor.↗

repose — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) Rest, sleep or calm.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb, formal) To lie down or rest.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (verb, formal) To be kept or placed somewhere.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (church) "The repose of the soul" means the peaceful rest of someone who has died; Christians pray for the repose of the souls of the dead.↗ Example: The cat lay in repose by the fire.↗ · Her face was peaceful in repose.↗ · The jewels repose in a velvet box.↗ · The priest prayed for the repose of Grandad's soul.↗ · After the long walk, the travellers sought repose under a tree.↗ · In science we measured the angle of repose of a pile of sand.↗ · It was time to seek repose.↗ · And among these nations shalt thou have no repose, and there shall be no rest for the sole of thy foot; but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and languishing of soul.↗ (Torah DEU.28.65, JPS 1917)↗ · And the wild-cats shall meet with the jackals, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; yea, the night-monster shall repose there, and shall find her a place of rest.↗ (Prophets ISA.34.14, JPS 1917)↗

repository — Everyday, meaning 1: A place where things are stored or kept safe.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (computing) A place where files or code are stored, often online; programmers say «repo» for short.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A person or book that holds a lot of knowledge.↗ Example: The library is a repository of old maps.↗ · The programmers keep their code in an online repository.↗ · Grandma is a repository of family stories.↗ · The museum is a repository for ancient coins.↗ · Upload your project to the class repository.↗ · The old cave was a repository for treasure.↗

repossess — Everyday, meaning 1: (money, law) To take back goods or a house because the buyer has not kept up the payments they promised.↗ Example: The bank repossessed the house when the payments stopped.↗ · If you don't pay for the car, the company can repossess it.↗ · Our neighbours were worried their home would be repossessed.↗ · The shop repossessed the sofa after the missed payments.↗ · Losing a job can mean a home is repossessed.↗ · They got help from a charity so their house was not repossessed.↗

repost — Everyday, meaning 1: To post something online again, especially something someone else posted.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (noun) A post shared again.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To send a letter again.↗ Example: She reposted the funny cat video.↗ · Don't repost photos of your friends without asking them.↗ · The fake news story got thousands of reposts.↗ · He reposted his drawing because nobody saw it the first time.↗ · Check the facts before you repost.↗ · The letter came back, so we reposted it.↗

represent — Everyday, meaning 1: To stand for or be a sign or symbol of something: a red cross represents first aid.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To speak or act for a person or group.↗ e.g. She represents our class on the council.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To show or picture something in a drawing, model or chart.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To be the same as or amount to: this represents a big change.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To represent can also mean to act the part of someone in a play.↗ Example: On the map, a blue line represents a river.↗ · Let x represent the number of apples.↗ · Each picture in the pictogram represents 5 children.↗ · She will represent Ireland at the Olympics.↗ · Draw a bar chart to represent the results.↗ · The dove represents peace.↗ · They shall represent the unwelcome wooer, whom the lady does not like.↗ · Together these represent the mathematical-linguistic foundations of Creation; see notes on 1:2 below.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · Three Hebrew words are used in the Bible to represent the idea of making, producing or creating.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Public domain books are our gateways to the past, representing a wealth of history, culture and knowledge that's often difficult to discover.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

representation — Everyday, meaning 1: A picture, model or sign that shows or stands for something.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Having someone to speak or act for you: «legal representation».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Being included and shown fairly: «representation of girls in sport».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (maths) A way of showing a number or data: «a bar chart representation».↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (formal) representations A formal statement or complaint.↗ Example: Draw a representation of 3/4 using a shape.↗ · The map is a representation of our town.↗ · Every person has the right to legal representation.↗ · The class wanted better representation of girls in the football team.↗ · The statue is a representation of a famous queen.↗ · A bar chart is a clear representation of the data.↗ · And this is a representation of human nature.↗ · The Ninth Path is the Pure intelligence so called because it purifies the Numerations, it proves and corrects the designing of their representation, and disposes their unity with which they are combined without diminution or division.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗