restate
Americanverb (used with object)
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restates,
present (3rd person singular)
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restated,
past participle, past
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restating
present participle
verb
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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restatesimple
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restatessimple
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have restatedperfect
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has restatedperfect
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am restatingprogressive
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are restatingprogressive
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is restatingprogressive
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have been restatingperfect progressive
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has been restatingperfect progressive
Past
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restatedsimple
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had restatedperfect
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was restatingprogressive
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were restatingprogressive
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had been restatingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of restate
Explanation
When you say something again, you restate it. If you give a speech, you might decide to express your main idea at the beginning and then restate it a second time, near the end. Often when you restate something, you say it in a slightly different, perhaps clearer way, with the intention of really getting your point across. A teacher might sweetly ask her class to come in from recess, and then restate her request five minutes later by saying, "If you aren't inside when I count to 30, there will be no recess tomorrow!" The verb restate combines the prefix re-, "again" in Latin, and state.
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The company has had to restate $4.6 billion of its assets as affiliated or related-party.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
But she will be desperate to restate her credentials as the woman to beat.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
It said an analysis of revenue recognition from a partnership led it to restate its accounts for fiscal 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
“What’s most telling is that the President considers it punishable by death for us to restate the law,” the statement reads.
From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2025
Dobzhansky could now restate the essential truth of Mendel’s discovery—a gene determines a physical feature—by generalizing that idea across multiple genes and multiple features: a genotype determines a phenotype.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
The order also restates a number of existing city policies, including requirements that law enforcement officers wear body cameras and identifying information, and a ban on wearing masks.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2025
The motion also restates arguments that defense attorneys made as part of their unsuccessful effort to seek a new trial or secure an acquittal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2023
“Phoenix will respond in due course, but the developer restates the same arguments that the airport, and more importantly, the FAA has already debunked,” the city said in a statement.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
The conclusion restates the problem and recommends a solution.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
It substantially restates the House proposition limiting it to banks of the states.
From Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. by John Sherman
Except for the part about reparations, the demands restated some of the 14 articles in the memorandum of understanding signed by U.S. and Iranian negotiators in mid-June.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
Afterwards, Rubio restated Washington's desire to play a "constructive" role to end the war but was wary of Moscow's proposals.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
SoHo House also amended and restated its debt commitment letter, which commits to increasing the aggregate size of Soho’s senior unsecured notes facility from $150 million to $220 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
And Labour MP Rachael Maskell said Kendall had "just restated the proposals in Pathways to Work with a three-month transition before people lose their support".
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2025
Here the fundamental distinction between facts and explanations, which goes back to Montaigne and beyond, is restated.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
"The most important outcome from Yerevan must therefore be a clear course correction. Governments need to move beyond restating promises and agree on concrete actions."
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Then, while restating her support of White, Clark leveled a shot at fans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
The bank that manages debt collection of government bodies and hospitals said it’s restating 2024 accounts and warned that adjusted profits for 2025 will be around €150 million, versus consensus of €155 million.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 2, 2026
Buyers in such cases can reap eye-popping one-day paper profits by restating their holdings back to the managers’ estimates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025
“It’s his fault for asking us to act like adults when we’re just kids,” I said, restating Mom’s argument.
From "Because of Mr. Terupt" by Rob Buyea
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