reiterative

/ri:'itərətiv/

Thân thiện

The teacher uses reiterative practice to help students learn the new concept.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Characterized by or involving repetition; iterative: Describes something that repeats or is done repeatedly. It emphasizes the act of saying or doing something again, often for emphasis or clarity.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The teacher used a reiterative process to ensure all students understood the concept.
  • His speech was reiterative, hammering the same point home several times.

Advanced Usage

• In linguistics: The term can describe a grammatical or morphological process that involves reduplication or repetition to form words or indicate grammatical function (e.g., expressing plurality or intensity).
  • Some languages use reiterative affixes to indicate repeated action.

Variants and Related Words

• Reiterate (verb): To say or do something again, often for emphasis.
  • She had to reiterate the instructions for the team.
• Reiteration (noun): The act of repeating something.
  • The constant reiteration of the rule made it impossible to forget.
• Iterative (adjective): Similar in meaning, relating to or involving repetition, especially of a process.

Synonyms

• Repetitive: Involving or characterized by repetition.
• Recurring: Occurring again periodically or repeatedly.

Related Phrases

• Reiterative learning: A learning method based on repeated exposure and practice.
  • Language acquisition often benefits from reiterative learning techniques.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. marked by iteration

Từ đồng nghĩa

• iterative