recur

re·cur

 (rĭ-kûr′)

intr.v. re·curred, re·cur·ring, re·curs

1. To happen or occur again or repeatedly: The pain recurred after eating.

2. To return to one's attention or memory: The thought recurred to her late at night.

3. To return in thought or discourse: He recurred to the subject right after dinner.

4. Archaic To have recourse; resort: "When ... direct taxes are not necessary, they will not be recurred to" (James Madison).

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[Latin recurrere : re-, re- + currere, to run; see kers- in Indo-European roots.]

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re·cur′rence n.

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recur

(rɪˈkɜː)

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

1. to happen again, esp at regular intervals

2. (of a thought, idea, etc) to come back to the mind

3. (of a problem, etc) to come up again

4. (Mathematics) maths (of a digit or group of digits) to be repeated an infinite number of times at the end of a decimal fraction

[C15: from Latin recurrere, from re- + currere to run]

reˈcurring adj

reˈcurringly adv

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re•cur

(rɪˈkɜr)

v.i. -curred, -cur•ring.

1. to occur again, as an event, experience, etc.

2. to return to the mind.

3. to come up again for consideration, as a question.

4. to have recourse.

[1610–20; earlier: to recede < Latin recurrere to run back]

re•cur′rence, n.

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recur

Past participle: recurred
Gerund: recurring

Imperative

recur

recur

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Thesaurus

Verb	1.	recur - happen or occur again; "This is a recurring story" repeat hap, happen, occur, come about, take place, go on, pass off, fall out, pass - come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" iterate - run or be performed again; "the function iterates" cycle - recur in repeating sequences
	2.	recur - return in thought or speech to something go back hark back, recall, come back, return - go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his"
	3.	recur - have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat" resort, fall back apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize - put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"

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recur

verb happen again, return, come back, repeat, persist, revert, reappear, come and go, come again a theme that was to recur frequently in his work

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recur

verb

1. To happen again or repeatedly:

reappear, reoccur.

2. To come back to a former condition:

recrudesce, reoccur, return, revert.

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Translations

يَتَكَرَّر

vracet se

gentage sig

wiederkehren

toistuauusiutua

reproduire

endurtaka sig

ricorrereripetersi

pasikartojantispasikartojimaspasikartotivėl iškiltivėl pasitaikyti

atkārtoties

gjenta segvende tilbake

reocorrer

возвращатьсяповторяться

vracať sa

tekrarlamak

再次发生复发

recur

[rɪˈkɜːʳ] VI (= happen again) [pain, illness] → producirse de nuevo; [event, mistake, theme] → repetirse; [difficulty, opportunity] → volver a presentarse
the idea recurs constantly in his work → la idea se repite constantemente en su obra

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recur

[rɪˈkɜː^r] vi [problem, illness, injury, symptoms] → réapparaître; [event, natural disaster] → se reproduire; [pattern] → se répéter; [theme, idea] → revenir

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

recur

vi

(= happen again) → wiederkehren; (error, event) → sich wiederholen, wieder passieren; (opportunity) → sich wieder bieten, sich noch einmal bieten; (problem, symptoms) → wiederkehren, wieder auftreten; (idea, theme) → wiederauftauchen; (dream) → wiederkehren

(Math) → sich periodisch wiederholen ? recurring

(= come to mind again) → wieder einfallen (to sb jdm); (thought, idea) → wieder kommen (to sb jdm)

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recur

[rɪˈkɜːʳ] vi (pain, event, mistake) → ripetersi; (idea, theme) → ricorrere, riapparire; (difficulty, opportunity, symptoms) → ripresentarsi, ripetersi

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recur

(riˈkəː) – past tense, past participle reˈcurred – verb

to happen again; to come back again. This problem keeps recurring. herhaal, terugkeer يَتَكَرَّر повтарям repetir-se / recorrente vracet se wiederkehren gentage sig; vende tilbage επανεμφανίζομαι, επανέρχομαιrepetirse korduma تکرار شدن؛ دوباره روی دادن toistua se reproduire לְהִישָׁנוֹת फिर आना vraćati se visszatér kambuh endurtaka sig ripresentarsi, ripetersi くり返される 재발하다 vėl pasitaikyti/iškilti, pasikartoti atkārtoties berulang terugkomenvende tilbake, gjenta seg, gå igjenpowtarzać się په ياديدل،په زړه كيدل، بياپيښيدل، بيرته راګر ځيدل repetir-se a se repeta повторяться; возвращаться vracať sa ponoviti se ponoviti se återkomma เกิดขึ้นอีก tekrarlamak 再次發生，復發 повторюватися, знову траплятися دوبارہ ہونا tái diễn 再次发生，复发

reˈcurrence (-ˈka-) , ((American) -ˈkə:-) noun

He has had several recurrences of his illness. herhaling تَكْرار، مُعاوَدَة المَرَض повтаряне repetição nový výskyt die Wiederkehr tilbagefald επανεμφάνισηrecurrencia kordumine عود؛ بازگشت uusiutuminen récurrence הִישָנוּת फिराव povratak, ponovno izbijanje visszaesés kekambuhan endurtekning ricaduta 再発 재발 pasikartojimas atkārtošanās; recidīvs proses berulang herhaling tilbakevending/-fall, gjentakingnawrót بياپيښيدنه، ستنيدنه repetição recidivă, revenire повторение; возврат nový výskyt ponovitev ponavljanje återkommande, återkomst, upprepning การเกิดขึ้นอีก tekrarlama 復發 повторення; рецидив بار بار ہونے کا عمل sự tái diễn 复发

reˈcurrent (-ˈka-) , ((American) -ˈkə:-) adjective

happening often or regularly. a recurrent nightmare. herhaaldelik مُتَكَرِّر، مُعاوِد повтарящ се recorrente opakovaný wiederkehrend tilbagevendende επαναλαμβανόμενοςrecurrente korduv تکراری toistuva récurrentחוזר ונשנה दौरा करने वाला koji se vraća, povratni visszatérő, ismétlődő sering terulang ítrekaður ricorrente くり返す 재발하는 pasikartojantis atkārtots selalu steeds terugkerend tilbakevendende, periodiskpowtarzający się بياپيښيدونكى، ستنيدونكى repetido recurent, care se repetă повторяющийся opakovaný ponavljajoč se koji se ponavlja [regelbundet] återkommande เกิดขึนบ่อย ๆ tekrarlayan 經常發生的，定期出現的 періодичний; рецидивний مکررالوقوع có tính chất tái diễn 经常发生的，周期性发生的，循环的

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recur

v. repetir, volver a ocurrir; recaer, repetirse.

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recur

vi (pret & pp recurred; ger recurring) recurrir

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