ITERATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does iterate mean? 

• ITERATE (verb)
  The verb ITERATE has 2 senses:

1. to say, state, or perform again

2. run or be performed again

  Familiarity information: ITERATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ITERATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they iterate    ... he / she / it iterates   
Past simple: iterated   
Past participle: iterated   
-ing form: iterating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

To say, state, or perform again

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

ingeminate; iterate; reiterate; repeat; restate; retell

Context example:

She kept reiterating her request

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)

iterative (marked by iteration)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Run or be performed again

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

the function iterates

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)

 Context examples 

“No, there is nothing left for us but the open boat,” I iterated stoutly.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

He sneered his incredulity of the law's potency in such a region, but he merely iterated, dispassionately, doggedly, "He killed Dutchy and Harkey."

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)