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Narrator: Today's word is "Reap" — verb, pronounced /riːp/, with the stress on "reap".
Narrator: To reap is to cut and collect a crop, or to receive something as a result of what you have done.
Narrator: In plain English, it means gather, or get what you earned.
Narrator: It comes from Old English ripan or reopan.
Narrator: A common collocation is "reap the benefits", which describes enjoying good results.
Narrator: It differs from "harvest", because harvest is the general process, while reap is the cutting and also the payoff.
Narrator: In a second sense, "you reap what you sow" means your actions bring matching results.
Narrator: Farming, business, sport and moral teaching all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: you reap what you sow.
Speaker A: Is all that revision worth it?
Speaker B: You'll REAP the rewards! It comes from Old English.
Speaker A: In the exam results?
Speaker B: Exactly, in August.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "Farmers reap the wheat in late summer", a farming scene. "The company reaped huge profits", a business note. "You reap what you sow", a proverb.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Use "reap the benefits", not "reap benefits from" with no article in formal writing.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Harvest is its cousin, gather its twin, and earn an alternative — yet reap keeps its golden charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "reap" in AI prompts — useful for business reports and habit apps.
Speaker A: How for reports?
Speaker B: Show benefits.
Prompt: Summarise how the company reaped savings from moving to cloud hosting.
Speaker A: And habit apps?
Speaker B: Motivate.
Prompt: Write a notification encouraging users that they will soon reap the benefits of daily practice.
Speaker A: Could it help farming?
Speaker B: Yes, for timing.
Prompt: Suggest when to reap barley based on moisture content and weather forecasts.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: A proverb explainer.
Prompt: Explain the proverb you reap what you sow with two modern examples.
Reap — meaning in Arabic & definition More R courses GL Dictionary