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Third Person
iterates
Present Participle
iterating
Past Tense
iterated
Past Participle
iterated
1
to repeat or perform something again, often to make it clearer, better, or to emphasize specific points
transitive
- During the presentation, the speaker iterated the main points for clarity.
- The teacher iterated the instructions to ensure that everyone understood the assignment.
- The manager iterated the company's commitment to customer satisfaction in the annual meeting.
- In software development, it is common to iterate the testing process to identify and fix bugs.
- After receiving feedback, the author decided to iterate on the manuscript before publication.
Synonyms:
2
to go through a process again and again
- The software update iterated automatically, reinstalling itself whenever the system restarted.
- The algorithm iterated through thousands of possible solutions before converging on the optimal solution.
- The slideshow iterated through the images in the presentation, displaying them in sequence.
- The experiment iterated several times to ensure the reliability of the data collected.