reiterate Definition
re·iter·ate (rē it′ə rāt′)
reiterate Related Forms
re·it′era′·tion noun
re·it′era′·tive (-ə rāt′iv, -ə rə tiv) adjective
re·it′era′·tively adverb
reiterate Synonyms
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.
Browse dictionary entries near reiterate
- ‹ REIT Modernization Act of 1999
- ‹ REIT
- ‹ reissue
- ‹ reis
- ‹ reinterpret
- ‹ reinsure
- ‹ reinsurance
- ‹ reinstated
- ‹ reinstate
- ‹ reins
- reiteration ›
- reive ›
- reject ›
- rejected ›
- rejection ›
- rejection slip ›
- rejigger ›
- rejoice ›
- rejoicing ›
- rejoin ›

