iterate

Meaning

Verb

1. To perform or repeat an action on each item in a set.
2. To perform or repeat an action on the results of each such prior action.
3. (archaic, transitive) To utter or do a second time or many times; to repeat.
4. (ambitransitive) To repeat an activity, making incremental changes each time.

Noun

1. An n-fold self-composition of a function.
2. The image of a certain value under such a function.

Adj

1. (not-comparable, obsolete) Said or done again; repeated.
2. (not-comparable, obsolete) Iterated.

Synonyms

repeat

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reiterate

ingeminate

retell

rehearse

repetition

iteration

restate

ditto

recapitulate

recite

reduplicate

reduplication

rehash

recap

iterative

interactive

repeating

duplication

replay

replicate

replication

reprise

reproduce

duplicate

double

retrograde

review

run

say

🗣️

hash over

reprize

Translations

répéter

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wiederholen

🔁

repetir

🔁

iterar

🔁

ripetere

🔁

reiterar

herhalen

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itero

tekrarlamak

iterare

🔁

redire

réiterer

réitérer

reiterare

iterieren

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɪtəɹeɪt/

Etymology

The adjective is first attested in 1471, in Middle English, the verb in 1533, the noun in 1941; partly inherited from Middle English iterat(e) (adjective), partly borrowed from Latin iterātus, perfect passive participle of iterō (“to do something for a second time, repeat”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)) , from iterum (“again”) + -ō. Sporadical participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.