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 Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 6:23 am
reiterate • ree-IT-uh-rayt • verb
: to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect
Example Sentence:
Megan rolled her eyes as her mother reiterated the rules for the umpteenth time.
Did you know?
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").
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Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:01 am
i still dont get it !!!!!!!! XP
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Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:23 pm
i believe the latin word "iter" means a "road".
so could this mean going back down the same road, or something like that?
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Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:13 pm
eek wow i learned something new today mrgreen
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 2:19 pm
Madame Twiggly eek wow i learned something new today mrgreen this is an excellent place for that! 3nodding
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Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 1:03 am
Aha! I've finally come across a word I know the meaning of! biggrin
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Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:03 am
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Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 2:21 pm
what are we supposed to be voting on?????
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 11:06 am
interesting........*snores*
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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 8:35 pm
i always got this word mixed up with "itinerant."
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