(to) restate

  • 1restate — UK US /ˌriːˈsteɪt/ verb [T] ► ACCOUNTING, FINANCE if a company restates its results, it calculates them again and announces a new amount for its profits, sales, etc.: »The company will have to restate earnings , converting reported profits to… …

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  • 2restate — I verb construe, copy, duplicate, echo, elucidate, explain, go over, go over the same ground, iterate, paraphrase, parrot, plagiarize, reaffirm, reassert, recapitulate, recite, recount, rehash, reiterate, repeat, rephrase, restate, retell, review …

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  • 3Restate — Re*state (r?*st?t ), v. t. To state anew. Palfrey. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 4restate briefly — index review Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 5restate — 1713, from RE (Cf. re ) + STATE (Cf. state). Related: Restated; restating …

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  • 6restate — [rē stāt′] vt. restated, restating to state again, esp. in a different way restatement n …

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  • 7restate — [[t]ri͟ːste͟ɪt[/t]] restates, restating, restated VERB If you restate something, you say it again in words or writing, usually in a slightly different way. [FORMAL] [V n] He continued throughout to restate his opposition to violence... [V n] The… …

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  • 8restate — UK [ˌriːˈsteɪt] / US [ˌrɪˈsteɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms restate : present tense I/you/we/they restate he/she/it restates present participle restating past tense restated past participle restated to say or write something again or using… …

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  • 9restate — transitive verb Date: circa 1713 to state again or in another way …

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  • 10restate — restatement, n. /ree stayt /, v.t., restated, restating. to state again or in a new way. [1705 15; RE + STATE] * * * …

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