Associations to the word «Iterate»

Wiktionary

ITERATE, verb. (computing) (mathematics) to perform or repeat an action on each item in a set
ITERATE, verb. (computing) (mathematics) to perform or repeat an action on the results of each such prior action
ITERATE, verb. (archaic) To utter or do a second time or many times; to repeat.
ITERATE, noun. (mathematics) a function that iterates
ITERATE, adjective. (obsolete) Said or done again; repeated.

Dictionary definition

ITERATE, verb. To say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request".
ITERATE, verb. Run or be performed again; "the function iterates".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats