/ɹistejˈt/ - [reesteyt] - re•state
We found 5 definitions of restate from 4 different sources.
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restate - to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request" | ||
repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, 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" |