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(rĭ-kûr') pronunciation
intr.v., -curred, -cur·ring, -curs.
  1. To happen, come up, or show up again or repeatedly.
  2. To return to one's attention or memory.
  3. To return in thought or discourse.
  4. To have recourse: recur to the use of force.

[Latin recurrere : re-, re- + currere, to run.]

recurrence re·cur'rence n.


has inflected forms recurred, recurring.

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verb

  1. To happen again or repeatedly: reappear, reoccur. See repetition.
  2. To come back to a former condition: recrudesce, reoccur, return, revert. See repetition.


v

Definition: happen again; repeat in one's mind
Antonyms: halt, stop

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: adj. - Coming back or happening again.

pronunciation She has this recurring dream of a large castle and a handsome prince.

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The return of clinical signs soon after a remission.

  • r. risk — in genetics the probability of a particular defect occurring again if the type of mating which produced it is repeated.
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Common misspelling(s) of recurring

  • reccuring

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - ske igen, gentage sig, dukke op igen, vende tilbage

Nederlands (Dutch)
terugkeren, terugkomen, toevlucht zoeken, zich herhaaldelijk voordoen

Français (French)
v. intr. - se reproduire, réapparaître, revenir, (Math) se répéter à l'infini

Deutsch (German)
v. - wiederkehren, sich wiederholen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - επαναλαμβάνομαι, ξαναπαρουσιάζομαι, ξανασυμβαίνω

Italiano (Italian)
ricorrere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - recorrer, reaparecer

Русский (Russian)
повторяться, возвращаться

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - volver, volver a ocurrir, repetirse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - återkomma, återknyta, tillgripa

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
再发生, 复发, 被重新提出, 重提, 再现, 重新忆起, 循环, 递归

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 再發生, 復發, 被重新提出, 重提, 再現, 重新憶起, 循環, 遞歸

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 회복하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 立ち戻る, 回想する, 心に再び浮かぶ, たよる, 時々起こる, 再発する, 繰り返される, 元に戻る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يلجأ إلى, يرجع يعود‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮שב, הופיע שוב, חזר ונשנה‬


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