reiterate
verb /riˈɪtəreɪt/
/riˈɪtəreɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they reiterate | /riˈɪtəreɪt/ /riˈɪtəreɪt/ |
| he / she / it reiterates | /riˈɪtəreɪts/ /riˈɪtəreɪts/ |
| past simple reiterated | /riˈɪtəreɪtɪd/ /riˈɪtəreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle reiterated | /riˈɪtəreɪtɪd/ /riˈɪtəreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form reiterating | /riˈɪtəreɪtɪŋ/ /riˈɪtəreɪtɪŋ/ |
- to repeat something that you have already said, especially to emphasize it
- reiterate something to reiterate an argument/a demand/an offer
- The government has reiterated its commitment to economic reform.
- reiterate that… Let me reiterate that we are fully committed to this policy.
- + speech ‘I said “money”,’ he reiterated.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryReiterate is used with these nouns as the object:- argument
- importance
- point
- …
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘do an action repeatedly’): from Latin reiterat- ‘gone over again’, from the verb reiterare, from re- ‘again’ + iterare ‘do a second time’.