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Word of the month for May

Posted by: Gareth Chadwick on Thursday, May 8, 2008

This month’s word is iteration.

It means the repetition of an action or process; or an instance of such repetition. It comes from the Latin iterare - to repeat.

e.g. Can you send me a new iteration of the schedule as I’ve lost mine?

However, it is often used - incorrectly - as posh way of saying version. Strictly speaking, version suggests a new, updated copy of something that has changed since the previous one was produced, whereas iteration is merely another copy of the previous thing.

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