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ITERATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they iterate ... he / she / it iterates
Past simple: iterated
Past participle: iterated
-ing form: iterating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Run or be performed again
Example:
the function iterates
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "iterate" is one way to...):
recur; repeat (happen or occur again)
Domain category:
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
iterative (marked by iteration)
Sense 2
Meaning:
To say, state, or perform again
Example:
She kept reiterating her request
Synonyms:
ingeminate; iterate; reiterate; repeat; restate; retell
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "iterate" is one way to...):
tell (let something be known)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "iterate"):
perseverate (psychology: repeat a response after the cessation of the original stimulus)
ditto (repeat an action or statement)
interpret; render; translate (restate (words) from one language into another language)
paraphrase; rephrase; reword (express the same message in different words)
resume; sum up; summarise; summarize (give a summary (of))
cite; quote (repeat a passage from)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Derivation:
iteration (doing or saying again; a repeated performance)
iteration ((computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained)
iteration ((computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated)
iterative (marked by iteration)
