iterate

Meanings

Plural: iterates

Verb

to say, state, or perform again
run or be performed again
- "the function iterates"
To perform or repeat an action on each item in a set.
To perform or repeat an action on the results of each such prior action.
To utter or do a second time or many times; to repeat.
To repeat an activity, making incremental changes each time.

Noun

An n-fold self-composition of a function.
The image of a certain value under such a function.

Adj

Said or done again; repeated.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin iterō (“do it for a second time, repeat”), from iterum (“again”), akin to is (“he, that”).

Synonyms

ingeminate, reiterate, repeat, repeated, restate, retell

Scrabble Score: 7

iterate is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
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Words With Friends Score: 7

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