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WORD ORIGINreiterate

Origin:

1500-1600 Latin past participle of reiterare ‘to repeat’, from iterare ‘to say again’, from iterum ‘again’

VERB TABLE

reiterate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	reiterate
	he, she, it	reiterates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	reiterated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have reiterated
	he, she, it	has reiterated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had reiterated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will reiterate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have reiterated

Continuous Form
Present	I	am reiterating
	he, she, it	is reiterating
	you, we, they	are reiterating
Past	I, he, she, it	was reiterating
	you, we, they	were reiterating
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been reiterating
	he, she, it	has been reiterating
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been reiterating
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be reiterating
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been reiterating

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

Earlier in the day, Jones reiterated that he had no intention of firing Swenson.
Rosamond reiterated her wish to leave Middlemarch.
The President reiterated his support for the treaty.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

After the 1943 riots, instructions were reiterated and sample requests were sent to all states.
Clear ground rules will be formulated, put on display and will be reiterated.
Clinton reiterated his interest Thursday during an afternoon meeting with the mayors at the White House.
The sixth paragraph reiterates the price and availability facts.
They subscribe to it not for reasons of caprice, but because eminent judicial authority has reiterated the notion over the years.
Two subsequent court decisions reiterated the Court of Appeals' ruling.
We are moved by their attentions, including many reiterated invitations for the various events of Oshagatsu.

Longman Language Activatorto say something again► repeat

to say something again, for example because someone did not hear you or understand you: · "I just can't believe it," he repeated.· Could you repeat the question? I wasn't listening.· The kidnappers have repeated their demand for ransom.repeat (that): · She repeated that there was no need for alarm.something is worth repeating/something bears repeating: · The news is hardly worth repeating.

► say something again

especially spoken to say something again, either because someone did not hear you or because you want to emphasize it: · I'm sorry - could you say that again· I've said it before and I'll say it again: I've never trusted that man.· "It's OK. You're safe now," she said again and again.say again (that): · Let me say again that the government has no intention of raising taxes.

► reiterate

formal to repeat an opinion or statement in order to make your meaning very clear: · The President reiterated his support for the treaty.reiterate (that): · Earlier in the day, Jones reiterated that he had no intention of firing Swenson.

► repeat yourself

to unintentionally repeat something you have already said: · Have I told you this before? Please stop me if I'm repeating myself.· Elmer seems pretty alert, but if you spend much time with him he starts to repeat himself.

► repetition

when you repeat something several times: · Repetition is good for helping children learn language.repetition of: · He builds his speeches around the repetition of certain key phrases.

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► reaffirm/restate/reiterate a commitment

(=give a promise again)· They reaffirmed their commitment to abandon nuclear power.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► also

· But, in a speech to students at Oxford University she also reiterated her opposition to contraception.· Forbes also reiterated his call for a balanced budget amendment, but said his version would include a tax cut.· Gorbachev also reiterated his proposal for inspection access to foreign military bases.· They also reiterate how fresh and vital some of this music still sounds.

NOUN► belief

· In the former essay Oakeshott reiterates his belief that the business of government is simply to rule.· Graham came to San Francisco a week ago and reiterated his belief that homosexuality is a sin.

► call

· They reiterated their call for a popular referendum on the country's future political system.· Forbes also reiterated his call for a balanced budget amendment, but said his version would include a tax cut.· In a recent meeting with council officials, he reiterated his call for its retention for the rugby team.

► commitment

· In the lead-up to the elections the authorities reiterated their commitment to a free ballot, extending facilities to foreign observers.

► government

· Responding, Airbus chief executive Noel Forgeard reiterated that the government loans were repayable.· França reiterated that the government had taken Mavinga, but did not make clear whether they still held it.

► opposition

· But, in a speech to students at Oxford University she also reiterated her opposition to contraception.· Shortly afterwards T. reiterated her opposition to a blood transfusion both to the midwife and to a doctor.

► point

· The first principle reiterates a point made earlier: although they favoured reform rather than punishment, this was not for humanitarian reasons.· It is worth reiterating here the point that the media offer a means of influencing your target audiences.· It is sufficient here to merely reiterate two points.· He reiterated that point in June and again in July.

► position

· He reiterated his position that he had not been aware of the clandestine funding.· Beaverbrook reiterated this position to Berle when the two met on 21 July.· On Saturday the company again attempted to drill and the Glenleighan Committee went to the site and reiterated their position.

► support

· Last month the senator complicated their task by reiterating his support for some exceptions to a constitutional amendment banning abortion.

► view

· Mr Pascall was determined to reassure the audience by reiterating his view that the framework was the answer.· As for me, I should reiterate my view that the tests were legitimate but, in their timing, wrong.