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recurrence

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re·cur  (r-kûr)
intr.v. re·curred, re·cur·ring, re·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; see kers- in Indo-European roots.]

re·currence n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.recurrence - happening again (especially at regular intervals); "the return of spring"
repeat, repetition - an event that repeats; "the events today were a repeat of yesterday's"
atavism, throwback, reversion - a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
flashback - an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier)

recurrence
noun fresh outbreak, repeat, repetition, deterioration, recrudescence Police are out in force to prevent a recurrence of the violence.
Translations
recurrence [rɪˈkʌrəns] N [of event, mistake, theme] → repetición f (Med) → reaparición f, recurrencia f
recurrence [rɪˈkʌrəns] n [problem, illness, symptoms, injury] → réapparition f; [event, pattern] → répétition f; [theme, idea] → retour m
recurrence
nWiederkehr f; (of error, event)Wiederholung f; (of problem, symptoms also)erneutes Auftreten; (of idea, theme)Wiederauftauchen nt; (of dream)Wiederkehr f; let there be no recurrence of thisdas darf nie wieder vorkommen
recurrence [rɪˈkʌrns] n (of pain, dream, violence) → ripetersi m; (of injury, problem) → ripresentarsi m; (of disease, symptoms) → ricomparsa; (of idea, theme) → ricorrenza
recurrence [rɪˈkʌrns] n (of pain, dream, violence) → ripetersi m; (of injury, problem) → ripresentarsi m; (of disease, symptoms) → ricomparsa; (of idea, theme) → ricorrenza


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Although the figure of Zarathustra and a large number of the leading thoughts in this work had appeared much earlier in the dreams and writings of the author, "Thus Spake Zarathustra" did not actually come into being until the month of August 1881 in Sils Maria; and it was the idea of the Eternal Recurrence of all things which finally induced my brother to set forth his new views in poetic language.
The observable fact is that, when a certain complex of stimuli has originally caused a certain complex of reactions, the recurrence of part of the stimuli tends to cause the recurrence of the whole of the reactions.
Its recurrence was regular, but as slow as the tolling of a death knell.
 
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