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reiterate Definition

re·iter·ate (rē itə rāt′)

transitive verb -·at′ed, -·at′·ing

to repeat (something done or said); say or do again or repeatedly

Etymology: < L reiteratus, pp. of reiterare, to repeat: see re- & iterate

reiterate Related Forms

re·it′era·tion noun re·itera′·tive (-ə rāt′iv, -ə rə tiv) adjective re·itera′·tively adverb

reiterate Synonyms

reiterate

v.

restate, repeat, iterate, reemphasize; see repeat 3. See syn. study at repeat.

reiterate Usage Examples

Object

  • importance: Today we'd like to reiterate the importance of protecting our homes.
  • necessity: We reiterate the necessity for the DPRK promptly to return to full compliance with the NPT.
  • point: I would also like to reiterate a few more points already made.
  • commitment: Boateng ), now Chief Secretary to the Treasury, reiterated a previous commitment made by my right hon.
  • fact: He reiterates the fact that beyond the time barrier, the children are quite safe.
  • warning: Like any doomsday prophesy, the death knell was premature, but in 1937 John Cage reiterated the warning.

Preposition: that

  • issue: He reiterated that the issue had not been addressed satisfactorily.
  • system: We reiterate that the civil justice system is not a business.
  • whale: Irritated, the teacher reiterated that a whale could not swallow a human.

Modifying Another Word

  • merely: For reasons of space letters merely reiterating points already made will be excluded.
  • constantly: These simplistic contrasts are constantly reiterated in Nazi propaganda posters.
  • again: These points were reiterated again in the third report of 1979.
  • continually: The U.K. government continually reiterates its commitment to halting the brain drain.
  • frequently: The most frequently reiterated mode of transmission involved urinating in a place where someone with AIDS had already urinated.
  • simply: To our detractors let us simply reiterate a number of factors.

Used with why or when

what: Ben: OK, for clarity, let me reiterate what I think duality within my consciousness would be.

Preposition: in

  • report: These points were reiterated again in the third report of 1979.
  • letter: That request was reiterated in a letter the following week.
  • document: The need to preserve and strengthen the Treaty was also clearly reiterated in the final document of the 2000 NPT Review Conference.

Preposition: by

speaker: Each of these areas of concern occupied its own zone and were reiterated by numerous speakers throughout the two-day event.

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