iterate
Use Iterate in a sentence
əˌreɪt verb (used with object)
1.
to utter again or repeatedly.
2.
to do (something) over again or repeatedly.
verb (used without object)
3.
to operate or be applied repeatedly, as a linguistic rule or mathematical formula.
Origin:
1525–35; < Latin iterātus, past participle of iterāre to repeat, equivalent to iter- (stem of iterum) again + -ātus -ate1
1525–35; < Latin iterātus, past participle of iterāre to repeat, equivalent to iter- (stem of iterum) again + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
un·it·er·at·ed, adjective
Synonyms
1. reiterate, repeat, rehearse.
1. reiterate, repeat, rehearse.
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| —vb | |
| (tr) to say or do again; repeat | |
| [C16: from Latin iterāre, from iterum again] | |
| 'iterant | |
| —adj | |
| iter'ation | |
| —n | |
| 'iterance | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
iterate
1533, "to do again, repeat," back-formation from iteration (1477), from L. iterationem (nom. iteratio) "repetition," noun of action from iterare "do again, repeat," from iterum "again."
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Example sentences
It requires a willingness to test, iterate and fail.
Much of the need to iterate stems from the difficulty in initially selecting a function that describes the data well.
Some of those comments might even shape the direction that developers take these projects as they continue to iterate.
Therefore, the design may be iterate in general no matter it's bottom-up or top-down.
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