iterate

Meanings

Verb

  • to perform or repeat an action on each item in a set
  • to perform or repeat an action on the results of each such prior action
  • To utter or do a second time or many times; to repeat.
  • To repeat an activity, making incremental changes each time

Noun

  • a function that iterates

Adjective

  • Said or done again; repeated.

Origin

  • From Latin iterō ("do it for a second time, repeat"), from iterum, akin to is.

Modern English dictionary

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