Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

iteratee

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: it-er-a-tee
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In functional programming, a composable abstraction for incrementally processing sequentially-presented chunks of data in a purely functional fashion.

Etymology

From iterate + -ee.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: iterate

Inflected Forms

iteratees (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

iterator

Questions

What does iteratee mean?: In functional programming, a composable abstraction for incrementally processing sequentially-presented chunks of data in a purely functional fashion.
Where does iteratee come from?: From iterate + -ee.

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