reiteration
pronunciation
How to pronounce reiteration in British English:
UK [rɪˌɪtə'reɪʃn]
How to pronounce reiteration in American English:
US [rɪˌɪtə'reɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- the act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof)
Word Origin
- reiteration (n.)
- early 15c., from Middle French reiteration and directly from Latin reiterationem (nominative reiteratio) "repetition," noun of action from past participle stem of reiterare (see reiterate).
Example
- 1. The rules are a reiteration of current policies , but the proposal suggests regulators will more vigorously enforce them , experts say .
- 2. The arab league 's first offer came at the blood-soaked height of the second intifada ; its reiteration found both israeli and palestinian politics at new lows of divisiveness and desperation .
- 3. Nevertheless , listening to president jacob zuma 's state of the nation speech , one cannot but marvel at what sounded like a reiteration of his presidential inauguration speech and his party 's election manifesto .
- 4. A standard blend of rosily portrayed economic figures accompanied a ritual reiteration of iran 's opposition to the us and israel as well as its determination to press ahead with a nuclear programme that , in the face of western suspicions , the government insists is peaceful .
- 5. And even had the one-child policy done nothing to reduce births , the endless reiteration of slogans like " one more baby means one more tomb " would have helped to make the sole child a social norm , pushing fertility below the level at which a population reproduces itself .