DictionaryiterateRepeat a process
verb

iterate

IT-uh-rayt/ˈɪtəreɪt/

To repeat a process or action, often refining it each time.

Our team iterates on the design after each round of testing.

A South Asian designer tests three successive paper bridge prototypes, each a modest improvement, one clear repeated process.
Etymology

The verb preserves the idea of doing something again. When applied to a process, that repetition can involve successive attempts with adjustments.

In context

Valence Labs2:19
So the network is going to predict a distribution at previous time step that is supposed to be a bit less noisy. And you will sample from this distribution and iterate
DiGress: Discrete Denoising Diffusion for Graph Generation | Clément Vignac

More examples

  • The program iterates through the list until it finds a match.
  • We iterated on the recipe until the sauce tasted right.
  • We keep iterating on the schedule as new requests arrive.

Forms

iterate · iterates · iterated · iterating

iteration noun — One repetition of a process or action.

iterative adjective — Involving repeated cycles of a process.

Similar words

repeat
Means doing something again, without necessarily making changes.
redo
Means doing something over, often to correct a problem.