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iterating

[it-uh-reyt] Origin

it·er·ate

[it-uh-reyt] verb, -at·ed, -at·ing.
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.

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Iterating is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.

Origin:
1525–35; < Latin iterātus, past participle of iterāre to repeat, equivalent to iter- (stem of iterum) again + -ātus -ate1

un·it·er·at·ed, adjective


1. reiterate, repeat, rehearse.

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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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