restatement
re·state·ment/ɹiˈsteɪt.mənt/noun
restatement is a noun meaning “The act of restating” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-S-T-A-T-E-M-E-N-T and has 3 syllables (re·state·ment), and it appears about once in every 4 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of restatement is restatements.
What does restatement mean?
noun
- 1
The act of restating.
- 2
A second or subsequent statement.
noun
- 1
Any of several treatises published by the American Law Institute in which a group of legal scholars within a field of law set forth the principles of that field of law based on legal precedents.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce restatement?
- UK /ɹiːˈsteɪt.m(ə)nt/
- US /ɹiˈsteɪt.mənt/
Restatement has 3 syllables, split re·state·ment in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of restatement
- restatements plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is restatement?
Restatement appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 61,481st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does restatement come from?
From re- + statement.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).