reapreap /riːp/ ●○○ verb 
Those who do take risks often reap the rewards.2you reap what you sow used to say that if you do bad things, bad things will happen to you, and if you do good things, good things will happen to you3[intransitive, transitive] old-fashioned to cut and collect a crop of grain—reaper noun [countable] → Grim Reaper
WORD ORIGINreap
Origin:
Old English reopanVERB TABLE
reap
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | reap |
| he, she, it | reaps | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | reaped |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have reaped |
| he, she, it | has reaped | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had reaped |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will reap |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have reaped |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am reaping |
| he, she, it | is reaping | |
| you, we, they | are reaping | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was reaping |
| you, we, they | were reaping | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been reaping |
| he, she, it | has been reaping | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been reaping |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be reaping |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been reaping |
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- But it was Margaret Thatcher who reaped all the benefits.
- Men and women and children with lives of their own would be waking to reap their own dear sorrows.
- Note that this is only half the apparent pay advantage the average woman would reap from being paid like a man.
- On the contrary, even before the war ended, the property-owners began to reap their reward.
- Several predicted that they will be reap higher yields and profits while saving their soil.
- Siemens also has used the lessons learned in its apprenticeship programs to reap much broader cost savings.
- The plan is provocative, but it is not reaping fulfilling results this week.
- The team reaps only ridicule or, on a good day, apathy.
WORD SETS
alfalfa, nounarable, adjectivebarley, nounbran, nouncacao, nouncanker, nouncash crop, nouncassava, nouncereal, nouncocoa, nouncorn, nouncrop, nouncrop-dusting, nouncrop rotation, nouncrop-spraying, nouncultivate, verbcultivated, adjectivecultivation, nouncultivator, noundrill, noundrill, verbear, nounfertilize, verbfertilizer, nounfield corn, noungerminate, verbglean, verbgrain, noungranary, noungrower, nounharvest, nounharvest, verbharvester, nounhay, nounhayloft, nounhaystack, nounhorticulture, nounkernel, nounlift, verbmaize, nounmalt, nounmarket garden, nounmillet, nounoats, nounorchard, nounorganic, adjectiveplant, verbplantation, nounpotato, nounproduce, nounpropagate, verbprune, verbreap, verbrice, nounrice paddy, nounripe, adjectiveroot crop, nounrotate, verbrye, nounryegrass, nounscion, nounseason, nounseed, verbseedbed, nounsheaf, nounsisal, nounsorghum, nounsow, verbsprout, nounstraw, nounstubble, nounsugar beet, nountaro, nountill, verbtillage, noununripe, adjectivevegetable, nounvineyard, nounviticulture, nounwheat, nounwindfall, nounwinnow, verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Those who do take risks often reap the rewards.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Those who do take risks often reap the rewards. (=enjoy the advantages of something you have worked hard to get)· He was looking forward to reaping the benefits of all his hard work.
(=get them)· She is now reaping the rewards of all her hard work.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· In Figure 2.1 the case of reaping comparative advantage is examined.· The key to minimizing the disadvantages and reaping the advantages of communications over the telephone is the way you behave.
· All this has happened in the country that was first to reap the benefits of radical reform.· First, to be sure, some reap material benefit from inflation.· Let's reap the benefits of a service that is at least 30% better.· So he reaps the benefits privately and shares the costs publicly.· The Eastern Bloc has been transformed into a gigantic Enterprise Zone for western capitalists eager to reap the benefits of suppressed consumerism.· Cities in the county generate most of the sales-tax revenue, yet the county reaps the greatest benefit, he added.· The intended budget of £5 million could reap benefits in a city where tourist revenue is becoming a principal source of wealth.· With a minimal amount of solid rewriting, you can reap some surprising benefits.
· One way or another these companies intend to reap a return on their investment.· And the unhappy customer base stayed loyal in enormous numbers so that the company is now reaping the benefit.
· In other words, capitalists must prosper if there is to be progress and landlords can not help reaping its fruits.
· In the spring you reap the harvest - or not as the case might be.· And with his prosthetic hand, Harrelson reaps a harvest of bad sight gags.· In the past few years dedicated search projects in the United States have reaped a harvest of the skies.· The gaoler, however, reaped a rich harvest, charging his clients for food, ale, even water.· I know we have the right team for 1992 so let's reap the harvest that is due to us.· He was reaping the harvest he had sown.
· There is nothing so admirable as a man who applies his knowledge with forceful direction and from his efficiency reaps a profit.· Several predicted that they will be reap higher yields and profits while saving their soil.· Cricket: Red rose blooms in business David Hopps on how Lancashire reaped record profits.· Hospitals can reap handsome profits that way.· Her landlord plans to reap big profits housing spectators.· And she has been criticized for reaping huge profits in commodities trading.
· He did not commit suicide because he had no patent and had reaped no rewards.· In a defined benefit plan, therefore, you bear the investment risk; however, you also reap the investment rewards.· In this new phase, many couples reap the rewards of all their efforts of the preceding years.· Near the end of 1972, both Park and Kim reaped some personal rewards from their headline-making interaction.· On the contrary, even before the war ended, the property-owners began to reap their reward.· The student who works harder reaps many rewards and is thus encouraged to continue good efforts.· But women aren't the only ones to reap the rewards of such praise.· Gainsharing signaled a new way of reaping the rewards of performance.
· There would also be stimulation of investment to reap economies of scale, and to rationalise production and distribution systems.· Such a huge number of tiny producers has prevented the beef industry from reaping economies of scale.· It is also normally assumed that there is a perfectly competitive market structure and no potential to reap economies of scale.· Strong criticisms are also voiced about the benefits to be reaped from economies of scale.
VERB· Earth, rivers, rain, sowing and reaping all form part of an everyday living process.· Of what may come hereafter For men who sow to reap.· A bit of patience will not go amiss in this area either: what one sows another reaps.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1[transitive] to get something, especially something good, as a result of what you have donereap the benefit/reward/profit (of something)- And with his prosthetic hand, Harrelson reaps a harvest of bad sight gags.
- In the past few years dedicated search projects in the United States have reaped a harvest of the skies.
Those who do take risks often reap the rewards.2you reap what you sow used to say that if you do bad things, bad things will happen to you, and if you do good things, good things will happen to you3[intransitive, transitive] old-fashioned to cut and collect a crop of grain—reaper noun [countable] → Grim Reaper