restate
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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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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Hub Group declined 18% as the logistics company said it would restate financial statements for the first, second, and third quarters of 2025 due to an accounting error.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 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
Clement could only restate the fact: “Well, with respect, Justice Thomas,” he said, “you do have materials from them.”
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2024
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
But the document largely restates conclusions that prosecutors, congressional investigators, and multiple courts have previously articulated.
From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2026
Nora restates why she left her marriage and explains as best she can the reasons she stayed away from her children all these years.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025
The letter sent by palace officials restates the existing position, rather than marking any new change in policy - and Buckingham Palace is not saying anything further to the letter's contents.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2024
Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart largely restates what he said in court last week, when he directed the Justice Department to propose redactions about the information in the affidavit that it wants to remain secret.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2022
He restates all he before said on the other points, and still wishes his letter to go to the King.
From A Political Diary 1828-1830, Volume II by Ellenborough, Edward Law, Earl of
The company’s financials, which were restated because of “certain material accounting errors identified by management” in April, show it lost $3.6 million in 2025 on $67.6 million in revenue.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 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
The governor’s order largely restated the natural disaster exemption already in the law.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2025
The company has also restated that the administration process means that shareholders in Harland and Wolff will see the value of their investment wiped out.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2024
His rationale was restated: Massari could not be allowed to set a precedent.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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 very, very important that we solidify those relationships,” Bass said Wednesday, restating the importance of keeping the city’s issues front and center, even while state legislators fend off their own budgetary crises.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2025
The Scottish government has now issued guidance on mobile phones in schools, but it’s restating a position that’s been held for some time.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2024
“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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