Iterate Definition

ĭtə-rāt
iterated, iterates, iterating
verb
iterated, iterates, iterating
To utter or do again or repeatedly.
Webster's New World
To say or perform again; repeat.
American Heritage
(computing, mathematics) To perform or repeat an action on each item in a set or on the results of each such prior action.
The max function iterates through the data to find the highest value.
Wiktionary
(archaic) To utter or do a second time or many times; to repeat.
To iterate advice.
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noun
(mathematics) A function that iterates.
F2(x0) is the second iterate of x0 under f.
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adjective
(obsolete) Said or done again; repeated.
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Other Word Forms of Iterate

Noun

Singular:
iterate
Plural:
iterates

Origin of Iterate

  • From Latin iterō (“Do it for a second time, repeat”), from iterum (“again”), akin to is (“he, that”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin iterāre iterāt- from iterum again i- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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