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She avoided answering our questions directly, instead reiterating that the answers could be found in her book.
Allow me to reiterate: if I am elected, I will not raise taxes.
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Can you guess the meaning of iterate, a less common relative of reiterate? It must mean simply "to state or do," right? Nope. Actually, iterate also means "to state or do again." It's no surprise, then, that some usage commentators have insisted that reiterate must always mean "to say or do again AND AGAIN." No such nice distinction exists in actual usage, however. Both reiterate and iterate can convey the idea of a single repetition or of many repetitions. Reiterate is the older of the two words — it first appeared in the 15th century, whereas iterate turned up around 1533. Both stem from the Latin verb iterare, which is itself from iterum ("again"), but reiterate took an extra step, through Latin reiterare("to repeat").
First Known Use: 15th century
in the meaning defined above
See Words from the same year: to repeat something you have already said in order to emphasize it
See words that rhyme with reiterate Thesaurus: All synonyms and antonyms for reiterate Spanish Central: Translation of reiterate Nglish: Translation of reiterate for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of reiterate for Arabic speakers
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