reiterate

English

WOTD – 1 January 2008

Etymology

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

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.

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
• Syllabification: 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