different between repeat vs reiterate

English

Etymology

From Middle English repeten, from Old French repeter, from Latin repet?, repetere, from the prefix re- (“again”) + peto (“attack, beseech”).

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /???pi?t/
• (noun) IPA^(key): /???pi?t/, /??i?pi?t/
• Rhymes: -i?t

Verb

repeat (third-person singular simple present repeats, present participle repeating, simple past and past participle repeated)

1. (transitive) To do or say again (and again).
2. (transitive, medicine, pharmacy) To refill (a prescription).
3. (intransitive) To happen again; recur.
4. (transitive) To echo the words of (a person).
5. (intransitive) To strike the hours, as a watch does.
6. (obsolete) To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.
   • a. 1687, Edmund Waller, The Battel of the Summer Islands

     He […] repeats the danger of the burning town.

7. (law, Scotland) To repay or refund (an excess received).
8. (procedure word, military) To call in a previous artillery fire mission with the same ammunition and method either on the coordinates or adjusted either because destruction of the target was insufficient or missed.

9. To commit fraud in an election by voting more than once for the same candidate.

Synonyms

• (to do or say again): redo, reiterate, reprise, rework see also Thesaurus:reiterate
• (to happen again): reoccur; see also Thesaurus:repeat

Related terms

• repeatedly
• repeat on
• repeat oneself
• repetition
• repetitive

Translations

Noun

repeat (plural repeats)

1. An iteration; a repetition.

2. A television program shown after its initial presentation; a rerun.
3. (medicine, pharmacy) A refill of a prescription.
4. (genetics, biochemistry) A pattern of nucleic acids that occur in multiple copies throughout a genome (or of amino acids in a protein).
5. (music) A mark in music notation directing a part to be repeated.

Synonyms

• (iteration; repetition): reiteration, reoccurrence; see also Thesaurus:reoccurrence

Derived terms

• decarepeat
• homorepeat

Translations

See also

• redundant

Anagrams

• Partee, Perate, retape

English

Etymology

Early 15th century, from Late Latin reiteratus, past participle of reiterare (“to repeat”) from re- (“again”) + iterare (“repeat”) from iterum (“repeat”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /?i??t.??.e?t/

Verb

reiterate (third-person singular simple present reiterates, present participle reiterating, simple past and past participle reiterated)

1. (transitive) To say or do (something) for a second time, such as for emphasis.

   Synonyms: repeat; see also Thesaurus:reiterate

2. (transitive) To say or do (something) repeatedly.

   Synonym: repeat

Usage notes

Although iterate and reiterate are similar, iterate indicates that the action is performed for each of a set of items, while reiterate indicates a more general repetition.

Translations

Adjective

reiterate (comparative more reiterate, superlative most reiterate)

1. Reiterated; repeated.

   Synonyms: iterate; see also Thesaurus:repeated

Translations

Noun

reiterate (plural reiterates)

1. (botany) A tree with vertical branches alongside the main trunk and which continue to grow upwards.

Related terms

• reiterated
• reiteration
• reiterative
• reiteratively
• reiterator

References

Italian

Verb

reiterate

1. second-person plural present indicative of reiterare
2. second-person plural imperative of reiterare
3. feminine plural of reiterato