iterate
verb /ˈɪtəreɪt/
/ˈɪtəreɪt/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they iterate | /ˈɪtəreɪt/ /ˈɪtəreɪt/ |
he / she / it iterates | /ˈɪtəreɪts/ /ˈɪtəreɪts/ |
past simple iterated | /ˈɪtəreɪtɪd/ /ˈɪtəreɪtɪd/ |
past participle iterated | /ˈɪtəreɪtɪd/ /ˈɪtəreɪtɪd/ |
-ing form iterating | /ˈɪtəreɪtɪŋ/ /ˈɪtəreɪtɪŋ/ |
- to repeat a mathematical or computing process or set of instructions again and again, each time applying it to the result of the previous stageTopics Maths and measurementc2Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin iterat- ‘repeated’, from the verb iterare, from iterum ‘again’.