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iterative

[it-uh-rey-tiv, -er-uh-tiv]

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adjective

repeating; making repetition; repetitious.
relating to or noting a development strategy that involves a cyclical process of refining or tweaking the latest version or iteration of a product, process, or idea to make a subsequent version: The new restaurant finalized their menu after a year of diner feedback and iterative improvements.
Website design is highly iterative.
The new restaurant finalized their menu after a year of diner feedback and iterative improvements.
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adjective

repetitious or frequent
maths logic another word for recursive See recursive
grammar another word for frequentative

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Other Word Forms

iteratively adverb
iterativeness noun
uniterative adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of iterative¹

First recorded in 1450–1500; from Late Latin iterātīvum (verbum) “frequentative (verb).” See iterate, -ive

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Secondly: once they decided to move, they have moved pretty quickly, albeit announcing the U-turn in iterative steps, one week after another.

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Other Japanese studios are known for taking this iterative approach and building on what has come before.

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The Orange County Department of Education sought Hmong, Vietnamese and Cambodian American feedback in dozens of iterative listening sessions as the foundation of their research.

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“Public interest polling,” a concept developed by Alan Kay, uses iterative and highly specific questions to clarify options and lead the way to hidden consensus.

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The method, described in Nature Biomedical Engineering, mirrors the iterative process of developing a culinary dish and may lead to safer, more effective mRNA vaccines and therapeutics.

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iteration iteroparous

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