Synonyms

reiterate

American

[ree-it-uh-rayt] / riˈɪt əˌreɪt /

verb (used with object)

to say or do again or repeatedly; repeat, often excessively.

reiterate British

/ riːˈɪtəˌreɪt /

verb

(tr; may take a clause as object) to say or do again or repeatedly

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See repeat.

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Etymology

Origin of reiterate

First recorded in 1520–30; from Latin reiterātus, past participle of reiterāre “to repeat,” equivalent to re- re- + iterāre “to repeat,” derivative of iterum “again”; see -ate ¹

Explanation

To reiterate something is to say or do something again, or many times. Let me reiterate: if you repeat yourself, you're reiterating the thing you originally said. This verb is from Middle English reiteraten, from Latin reiteratus, from reiterare "to repeat," from the prefix re- "again" plus iterare "to repeat, iterate." The English word iterate has the same meaning as reiterate, although it is not as commonly used.

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reiterate reiterates reiterated reiterating

"Let me reiterate it here: France's signature is solid."

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

“I have to reiterate, Los Angeles may be the physical host of the Olympics, but it is the United States of America that is in fact hosting this Olympics,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

They reiterate their view that consumers’ ongoing shift to the value end of the market is structural and now anticipate Telstra losing 18,000 postpaid subscribers a year in the medium-to-long term.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

“Let me reiterate: There is no soft inflation target. There is no soft implicit target. Not on this committee’s watch,” he said during his press conference on July 29.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026

To reiterate, if you can replace the word with “it is” or “it has”, then the word is it’s: It’s a long way to Tipperary.

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author

Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas reiterates his bullish view of SpaceX in a recent Wall Street research report.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

RBC reduces its target price on the stock to 13.25 euros from 13.50 previously, but reiterates its outperform recommendation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Citi reiterates its buy stock recommendation and says the business should be more attractive to investors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

It reiterates an outperform rating and A$5.50/share price target.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Dad reminds me to come over more often, and Serena reiterates that she wants to see me more.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman

Constance told the programme that the winter would be "difficult" but reiterated that corridor care was unacceptable.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

He reiterated that he has an idea of who did it.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

In response, Booking.com reiterated: "All of the impacted listings were removed and customers with future stays contacted and supported, which, depending on their individual circumstances, could mean relocations, refunds or free cancellations."

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Analyst Michael Tupholme says the global engineering and services firm reiterated the significant opportunity across power and energy “supported by broad structural demand drivers beyond the AI & data center build-out.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Kathy reiterated that she needed her husband’s wallet.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

“Gerald J. Ford has significant memory problems,” Jeremy Ford wrote, reiterating his allegations Kelli O. Ford was attempting to block him from seeing his father.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

The La Liga club also released two public statements in the space of 24 hours reiterating their stance that Alvarez will not be granted his wish to join Barca in the coming days.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Graham went on to note that both her late brother and father served before reiterating: “National security is not my thing, not my area of expertise.”

From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026

Both CoreWeave and Super Micro also touted growing backlogs, with the latter reiterating that its new orders reached more than $60 billion in the June quarter.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

By clinging tightly to what she believed she knew, narrowing her thoughts, reiterating her testimony, she was able to keep from mind the damage she only dimly sensed she was doing.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

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