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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb iterate has 2 senses
- iterate(v = verb.communication) ingeminate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell - to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request" is one way to tell
- iterate(v = verb.change) Array - run or be performed again; "the function iterates" is one way to recur, repeat
Derived forms noun iteration3, noun iteration2, noun iteration1, adjective iterative1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Derived form adjective iterative1
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
CIDE DICTIONARY
iterate, a. [L. iteratus, p. p. of iterare to repeat, fr. iterum again, prop. a compar. from the stem of is he, that; cf. L. ita so, item likewise, also, Skr. itara other, iti thus. Cf. Identity, Item.].
Uttered or done again; repeated. Bp. Gardiner. [1913 Webster]
iterate, v. t.
To utter or do a second time or many times; to repeat; as, to iterate advice. [1913 Webster]
"Nor Eve to iterate
Her former trespass feared." [1913 Webster]
Her former trespass feared." [1913 Webster]
iterate, adv.
By way of iteration. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
iterate, v.tr. repeat; state repeatedly.
Derivative
iteration n.
Etymology
L iterare iterat- f. iterum again
THESAURUS
iterate
battologize, fill, give an encore, go over, go through, ingeminate, pad, practice, reaffirm, reassert, recapitulate, recite, recount, rehash, rehearse, reissue, reiterate, renew, reprint, reprise, resay, restate, resume, retail, retell, review, reword, run over, say over, say over again, sum up, summarize, tautologizeROGET THESAURUS
iterate
Repetition
VB repeat, iterate, reiterate, reproduce, echo, reecho, drum, harp upon, battologize, hammer, redouble, recur, revert, return, reappear, recurse, renew, rehearse, do over again, say over again, ring the changes on, harp on the same string, din in the ear, drum in the ear, conjugate in all its moods tenses and inflexions, begin again, go over the same ground, go the same round, never hear the last of, resume, return to, recapitulate, reword.
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