Word.ws English Dictionary

reiterating

reiterating is the present participle and gerund of reiterate.

Meaning of reiterate

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.
    • Let me reiterate my opinion.
    Synonyms:
    repeat
  2. (transitive) To say or do (something) repeatedly.
    • That with reiterated crimes he might / Heap on himself damnation.1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
    Synonyms:
    repeat
  3. (rare, transitive) To say (something) for a second time, but word it differently.
    • Was I hard to understand? Sorry, I'll try to reiterate.
    Synonyms:
    rephrase

See all 5 meanings of reiterate

Phrases with reiterating

Questions about reiterating

What is reiterating the present participle and gerund of?
Reiterating is the present participle and gerund of reiterate.

Words near reiterating in the dictionary

  1. reiterated
  2. reiterated oneself
  3. reiteratedly
  4. reiterates
  5. reiterates oneself
  6. reiterating
  7. reiterating oneself
  8. reiteration
  9. reiterations
  10. reiterative
  11. reiteratively

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: reiterating (page history and authors); reiterate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “reiterating.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/reiterating. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.