ITERATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they iterate ... he / she / it iterates

Past simple: iterated

Past participle: iterated

-ing form: iterating

Sense 1

Meaning:

Run or be performed again

Example:

the function iterates

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "iterate" is one way to...):

recur; repeat (happen or occur again)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

iterative (marked by iteration)

Sense 2

Meaning:

To say, state, or perform again

Example:

She kept reiterating her request

Synonyms:

ingeminate; iterate; reiterate; repeat; restate; retell

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "iterate" is one way to...):

tell (let something be known)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "iterate"):

perseverate (psychology: repeat a response after the cessation of the original stimulus)

ditto (repeat an action or statement)

dwell; harp (come back to)

interpret; render; translate (restate (words) from one language into another language)

paraphrase; rephrase; reword (express the same message in different words)

resume; sum up; summarise; summarize (give a summary (of))

cite; quote (repeat a passage from)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

iteration (doing or saying again; a repeated performance)

iteration ((computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained)

iteration ((computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated)