Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
iterative [it-uh-rey-tiv, -er-uh-tiv] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for iterative on Thesaurus.com adjective
- repeating; making repetition; repetitious.
- Grammar. frequentative.
Origin of iterative From the Late Latin word iterātīvus, dating back to 1480–90. See iterate, -ive Related formsit·er·a·tive·ly, adverbit·er·a·tive·ness, nounun·it·er·a·tive, adjective Related Words for iterative boring, constant, ceaseless, continual, dull, insistent, monotonous, reiterative, repeated, repetitious, uninteresting, verbose Examples from the Web for iterative Contemporary Examples of iterative
He prefers a conversation, and conversations aren’t etched in stone, they’re iterative.
Paul Begala on Why Bill Clinton’s Still Got the Magic
Paul Begala
October 10, 2012
Historical Examples of iterative
He knows his own mind, and hammers his doctrines out with a hard and iterative stroke that hits its mark.
John Morley
Studied verses undoubtedly—musical, and mournful, and iterative.
Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845
Various
The style is that of the pulpit, iterative, florid, and full of amplifications; but that was natural.
The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879
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British Dictionary definitions for iterative iterative adjective
- repetitious or frequent
- maths logic another word for recursiveSee recursive
- grammar another word for frequentative
Derived Formsiteratively, adverbiterativeness, noun Word Origin and History for iterative adj.
“involving repetition,” late 15c., from French iteratif (c.1400), from Late Latin iterativus, from iterat-, past participle stem of iterare (see iteration). As a noun, from 1854. Related: Iteratively.