reiterate

English

WOTD – 1 January 2008

Etymology

Early 15th century, from Late Latin reiteratus, past participle of reiterare (“to repeat”) from re- (“again”) +‎ iterare (“to repeat”) from iterum (“repeat”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /ɹiˈɪt.əɹ.eɪt/

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Verb

reiterate (third-person singular simple present reiterates, present participle reiterating, simple past and past participle reiterated)

1. (transitive) To say or do (something) for a second time, such as for emphasis.

   Synonyms: repeat; see also Thesaurus:reiterate

   Let me reiterate my opinion.

   • 2012 April 23, Angelique Chrisafis, “François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election”, in the Guardian‎^[1]:

     He said France clearly wanted to "close one page and open another". He reiterated his opposition to austerity alone as the only way out of Europe's crisis: "My final duty, and I know I'm being watched from beyond our borders, is to put Europe back on the path of growth and employment."

   • c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:

     You never spoke what did become you less / Than this; which to reiterate were sin.

2. (transitive) To say or do (something) repeatedly.

   Synonym: repeat

   • 1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     That with reiterated crimes he might / Heap on himself damnation.

3. (transitive, rare) To say (something) for a second time, but word it differently.

   Synonym: rephrase

   Was I hard to understand? Sorry, I'll try to reiterate.

Usage notes

Although iterate and reiterate are similar, iterate indicates that the action is performed for each of a set of items, while reiterate indicates a more general repetition.

Derived terms

• reiterate oneself

 

Translations

to say or do for a second time

• Bulgarian: повтарям (bg) (povtarjam)
• Catalan: reiterar (ca)
• Galician: reiterar (gl)
• German: reiterieren
• Hungarian: elismétel (hu), megismétel (hu)
• Maori: tōai
• Norwegian:

  Norwegian Bokmål: gjenta (no)

  Norwegian Nynorsk: gjenta, gjentake

• Polish: powtórzyć (pl) pf, powtarzać (pl) impf
• Portuguese: reiterar (pt)
• Russian: повторя́ть (ru) impf (povtorjátʹ), повтори́ть (ru) pf (povtorítʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: ath-aithris
• Spanish: reiterar (es)
• Swedish: upprepa (sv)

to say or do repeatedly

• Catalan: reiterar (ca)
• Finnish: toistaa (fi)
• French: réitérer (fr)
• Hungarian: ismétel (hu)
• Icelandic: margítreka, margendurtaka
• Maori: takarure
• Norwegian:

  Norwegian Bokmål: gjenta (no)

  Norwegian Nynorsk: gjenta, gjentake

• Polish: powtarzać (pl) impf, powtórzyć (pl) pf
• Russian: (постоянно) повторя́ть (ru) impf (povtorjátʹ)
• Spanish: reiterar (es)
• Swedish: upprepa (sv)

Adjective

reiterate (comparative more reiterate, superlative most reiterate)

1. Reiterated; repeated.

   Synonyms: iterate; see also Thesaurus:repeated

Translations

repeated

• French: réitéré (fr)
• Portuguese: reiterado
• Swedish: upprepad (sv)

Noun

reiterate (plural reiterates)

1. (botany) A tree with vertical branches alongside the main trunk and which continue to grow upwards.

Related terms

• reiterated
• reiteration
• reiterative
• reiteratively
• reiterator

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re.i.teˈra.te/
• Rhymes: -ate
• Hyphenation: re‧i‧te‧rà‧te

Etymology 1

Verb

reiterate

1. inflection of reiterare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

reiterate f pl

1. feminine plural of reiterato

Adjective

reiterate

1. feminine plural of reiterato

Spanish

Verb

reiterate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of reiterar combined with te