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re·it·er·ate

 (rē-ĭt′ə-rāt′)
tr.v. re·it·er·at·ed, re·it·er·at·ing, re·it·er·ates
To say or do again or repeatedly. See Synonyms at repeat.

re·it′er·a′tion n.
re·it′er·a′tive (-ə-rā′tĭv, -ər-ə-tĭv) adj.
re·it′er·a′tive·ly adv.
re·it′er·a′tor n.
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reiterate

(riːˈɪtəˌreɪt)
vb
(tr; may take a clause as object) to say or do again or repeatedly
[C16: from Latin reiterāre to repeat, from re- + iterāre to do again, from iterum again]
reˈiterant adj
reˌiterˈation n
reˈiterative adj
reˈiteratively adv
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re•it•er•ate

(riˈɪt əˌreɪt)

v.t. -at•ed, -at•ing.
to say or do again or repeatedly; repeat, often excessively.
[1520–30; < Latin reiterātus, past participle of reiterāre to repeat =re- re- + iterāre to repeat, derivative of iterum again; see -ate1]
re•it′er•a•ble, adj.
re•it`er•a′tion, n.
re•it′er•a`tive (-əˌreɪ tɪv, -ər ə tɪv) adj.
re•it′er•a`tive•ly, adv.
syn: See repeat.
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reiterate


Past participle: reiterated
Gerund: reiterating

Imperative
reiterate
reiterate
Present
I reiterate
you reiterate
he/she/it reiterates
we reiterate
you reiterate
they reiterate
Preterite
I reiterated
you reiterated
he/she/it reiterated
we reiterated
you reiterated
they reiterated
Present Continuous
I am reiterating
you are reiterating
he/she/it is reiterating
we are reiterating
you are reiterating
they are reiterating
Present Perfect
I have reiterated
you have reiterated
he/she/it has reiterated
we have reiterated
you have reiterated
they have reiterated
Past Continuous
I was reiterating
you were reiterating
he/she/it was reiterating
we were reiterating
you were reiterating
they were reiterating
Past Perfect
I had reiterated
you had reiterated
he/she/it had reiterated
we had reiterated
you had reiterated
they had reiterated
Future
I will reiterate
you will reiterate
he/she/it will reiterate
we will reiterate
you will reiterate
they will reiterate
Future Perfect
I will have reiterated
you will have reiterated
he/she/it will have reiterated
we will have reiterated
you will have reiterated
they will have reiterated
Future Continuous
I will be reiterating
you will be reiterating
he/she/it will be reiterating
we will be reiterating
you will be reiterating
they will be reiterating
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been reiterating
you have been reiterating
he/she/it has been reiterating
we have been reiterating
you have been reiterating
they have been reiterating
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been reiterating
you will have been reiterating
he/she/it will have been reiterating
we will have been reiterating
you will have been reiterating
they will have been reiterating
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been reiterating
you had been reiterating
he/she/it had been reiterating
we had been reiterating
you had been reiterating
they had been reiterating
Conditional
I would reiterate
you would reiterate
he/she/it would reiterate
we would reiterate
you would reiterate
they would reiterate
Past Conditional
I would have reiterated
you would have reiterated
he/she/it would have reiterated
we would have reiterated
you would have reiterated
they would have reiterated
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.reiterate - to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request"
tell - let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late"
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"
translate, interpret, render - restate (words) from one language into another language; "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into English"; "He translates for the U.N."
paraphrase, rephrase, reword - express the same message in different words
sum up, summarize, summarise, resume - give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize"
quote, cite - repeat a passage from; "He quoted the Bible to her"
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reiterate

verb repeat (Formal) restate, say again, retell, do again, recapitulate, iterate He reiterated his opposition to the creation of a central bank.
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reiterate

verb
To state again:
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Translations

reiterate

[riːˈɪtəreɪt] VT [+ statement] → reiterar, repetir
I must reiterate thatquiero recalcar que ...
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reiterate

[riːˈɪtəreɪt] vt (= repeat) → réitérer
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reiterate

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reiterate

[riːˈɪtəˌreɪt] vt (frm) → ripetere, reiterare
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