Reiterated

How to spell reiterated

10 letters · 5 syllables

How to pronounce reiterated

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What does reiterated mean?

1. verbSaid or stated something again, usually for emphasis or clarity.

Reiterated in a sentence

• The manager reiterated the deadline at the close of the meeting.

• She reiterated her main concerns before the vote was taken.

Where does reiterated come from?

Language of origin: Latin

This word goes back to the Latin verb reiterare, which meant 'to repeat' or 'to do again', formed from the prefix re- ('again') and iterare ('to repeat'). That verb itself grew from the Latin adverb iterum, meaning simply 'again' or 'a second time', so the whole structure literally carries the idea of doing something over once more. English took the word in during the fifteenth century, partly through French and partly straight from Latin, and it has kept its sense of saying or doing a thing repeatedly ever since. The single letter t in the middle is the usual spelling trap, because the rhythm of speech tempts writers to double it; remembering the buried root iter, as in 'iterate' and 'iteration' from computing, helps fix the correct single t in place.

How the word is built

• re- (again)
• iter (from Latin iterum: again)
• -ate (verb-forming suffix)
• -ed (past tense)