iterate

verb

🔊/ˈɪtəreɪt/

[intransitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they iterate	🔊/ˈɪtəreɪt/ 🔊/ˈɪtəreɪt/
he / she / it iterates	🔊/ˈɪtəreɪts/ 🔊/ˈɪtəreɪts/
past simple iterated	🔊/ˈɪtəreɪtɪd/ 🔊/ˈɪtəreɪtɪd/
past participle iterated	🔊/ˈɪtəreɪtɪd/ 🔊/ˈɪtəreɪtɪd/
-ing form iterating	🔊/ˈɪtəreɪtɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈɪtəreɪtɪŋ/

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to repeat a mathematical or computing process or set of instructions again and again, each time applying it to the result of the previous stage迭代（数学或计算过程，或一系列指令）Topics Maths and measurementc2
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin iterat- ‘repeated’, from the verb iterare, from iterum ‘again’.