Synonyms

reiterate

American

[ree-it-uh-reyt] / riˈɪt əˌreɪt /

verb (used with object)

reiterated, reiterating

to say or do again or repeatedly; repeat, often excessively.

reiterate British

/ riːˈɪtəˌreɪt /

verb

(tr; may take a clause as object) to say or do again or repeatedly

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Related Words

See repeat.

Other Word Forms

reiterable adjective
reiterant adjective
reiteration noun
reiterative adjective
reiteratively adverb
unreiterable adjective
unreiterating adjective
unreiterative adjective

Etymology

Origin of reiterate

First recorded in 1520–30; from Latin reiterātus, past participle of reiterāre “to repeat,” equivalent to re- re- + iterāre “to repeat,” derivative of iterum “again”; -ate ¹

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