Definition of iterate Iterate
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What does iterate mean?
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| iterate - run or be performed again; "the function iterates" | ||
| recur, repeat happen or occur again; "This is a recurring story" | ||
| computer science, computing the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures | ||
| math, mathematics, maths a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement | ||
| iterate - to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request" | ||
| repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, restate, retell | ||
| tell discern or comprehend; "He could tell that she was unhappy" | ||
| perseverate psychology: repeat a response after the cessation of the original stimulus; "The subjects in this study perseverated" | ||
| ditto repeat an action or statement; "The next speaker dittoed her argument" | ||
| harp, dwell come back to; "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always harping on the same old things" | ||
| interpret, translate, render make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?" | ||
| paraphrase, rephrase, reword express the same message in different words | ||
| summarise, summarize, sum up, resume be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper" | ||
| quote, cite put quote marks around; "Here the author is quoting his colleague" | ||
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- iterate (Noun)
A function that iterates. - iterate (Verb)
To perform or repeat an action on each item in a set or on the results of each such prior action. - iterate (Verb)
To utter or do a second time or many times; to repeat. - iterate (Adjective)
Said or done again; repeated.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- iterate (a.)
Uttered or done again; repeated. - iterate (v. t.)
To utter or do a second time or many times; to repeat; as, to iterate advice. - iterate (adv.)
By way of iteration.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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iterate
it′ėr-āt, v.t. to do again: to repeat, in modern usage replaced by the verb reiterate.—ns. It′erance, Iterā′tion, repetition.—adjs. It′erant, It′erātive, repeating. [L. iterāre, -ātum—iterum, again.]
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🔤- iterate, verb, present, 1st person singular of iterate (infinitive).
- iterate, verb (infinitive).
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