verb
Meaning 1
to state again (without changing)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
restate
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: R IY0 S T EY1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
to state differently; to rephrase
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
to say, state, or perform again
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She kept reiterating her request
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, retell
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tell
Narrower terms: perseverate, ditto, harp, dwell, translate, interpret, render, paraphrase, rephrase, reword, sum up, summarize, summarise, resume, quote, cite
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *steh2- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *stéh2-tu-s ~ *sth2-téw-s Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state English restate From re- + state.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: излагам отново (izlagam otnovo) — to state again
- French: redéclarer — to state again
- French: réaffirmer — to state again
- Māori: tōai — to state again
- Spanish: repetir — to state again
- Spanish: reiterar — to state again