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recurring

[ri-kur-ing, -kuhr-]
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adjective

occurring or appearing again.

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RELATED WORDS

reappear, persist, reiterate, repeat, return, revert, recrudesce, iterate

Nearby words

  1. recurrent fever,
  2. recurrent herpetic stomatitis,
  3. recurrent laryngeal nerve,
  4. recurrent ulcerative stomatitis,
  5. recurrently,
  6. recurring decimal,
  7. recurring digital fibroma of childhood,
  8. recursion,
  9. recursion formula,
  10. recursive

Origin of recurring

recur + -ing1
Related formsre·cur·ring·ly, adverbun·re·cur·ring, adjective

recur

[ri-kur]

verb (used without object), re·curred, re·cur·ring.

to occur again, as an event, experience, etc.
to return to the mind: The idea kept recurring.
to come up again for consideration, as a question.
to have recourse.

Origin of recur

1610–20; earlier: to recede < Latin recurrere to run back, equivalent to re- re- + currere to run
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British Dictionary definitions for recurring

recur

verb -curs, -curring or -curred (intr)

to happen again, esp at regular intervals
(of a thought, idea, etc) to come back to the mind
(of a problem, etc) to come up again
maths (of a digit or group of digits) to be repeated an infinite number of times at the end of a decimal fraction
Derived Formsrecurring, adjectiverecurringly, adverb

Word Origin for recur

C15: from Latin recurrere, from re- + currere to run
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for recurring
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Medicine definitions for recurring

recur

[rĭ-kûr′]

v.

To happen, come up, or show up again or repeatedly.
To return to one's attention or memory.
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