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reiteration en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From reiterate + -ion, equivalent to re- + iteration.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act of reiterating.
    • He had already demanded the attention of the manager, Professor Bulge, Draycott and two underlings to his case and they were now involved in a babel of inutile reiteration. 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:
  2. (countable, uncountable) Something that is reiterated or restated.
    • None of these features would make it into the next Star Fox game, Star Fox 64, which in comparison looks like an enhanced remake of the original Star Fox that conforms to the logic of reiteration rather than innovation. 2017, Dominic Arsenault, Super Power, Spoony Bards, and Silverware, The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, page 138:
  3. (countable, historical) The form that backs or perfects paper already printed on one side.

Forms

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reiterations Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

ret · repetition · repetition (act of reiterating) · recurrence (something reiterated)

Translations (8)

pt reiteração (act of reiterating) · ru повторе́ние (act of reiterating) · io riitero (act of reiterating) · bg повторение (act of reiterating) · es reiteración (act of reiterating) · de Bekräftigung (act of reiterating) · de Wiederholung (act of reiterating) · it reiterazione (act of reiterating)