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recur

/ɹɪˈkɜː/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.65 in modern English

Syllables
re-cur
IPA
/ɹɪˈkɜː/
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Of an event, situation, etc.: to appear or happen again, especially repeatedly.

Intransitive verb

verb

Of an event, situation, etc.: to appear or happen again, especially repeatedly.

Intransitive verb

verb

Of a memory, thought, etc.: to come to the mind again.

Intransitive verb

verb

To speak, think, or write about something again; to go back or return to a memory, a subject, etc.

Dated; Intransitive verb

verb

Followed by to, or (Scotland, obsolete) on or upon: to have recourse to someone or something for assistance, support, etc.; to appeal, to resort, to turn to.

Archaic; Intransitive verb

verb

Synonym of recurse (“to execute a procedure recursively”).

Intransitive verb

verb

Often in the form recurring following a number: of a numeral or group of numerals in a decimal fraction: to repeat indefinitely.

Intransitive verb

verb

Followed by into or to: to go to a place again; to return.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin recurrō (“to hurry or run back; to return, revert”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘back, backwards’) + currō (“to hasten, hurry; to move, travel; to run”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”)). cognates * Anglo-Norman recurre, recorre (“to have recourse to”) * Catalan recórrer * Italian ricorrer * Old French recourir (Middle French recourir; modern French recourir (“to have recourse to; to run again; to run back”)) * Old Occitan recorre * Portuguese recorrer * Spanish recorrer

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ɹɪˈkɜː/
  • British English: /ɹɪˈkɜː/

Usage

Inflected Forms

recurs (present, singular) recurring (participle, present) recurred (participle, past) recurred (past) no-table-tags (table tags) glossary (inflection template) recurred (first person, past) recurrest (archaic, present) recurred (past, second person) recurredst (archaic, past) recurreth (archaic, present) recurred (past, singular)

Derived Forms

recurrable recurred recurrence recurrent recurrer recurring

Phrases

curiously recurring template pattern non-recurring

Synonyms

recrudesce recourse recur rehappen reoccur repeat recurse go back

Antonyms

digress

Rhymes With

were her per sir transfer prefer occur refer der inter fur entrepreneur

Questions

How do you pronounce recur?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪˈkɜː/.
What does recur mean?
Of an event, situation, etc.: to appear or happen again, especially repeatedly.
Where does recur come from?
It is traced to Proto-Indo-European.

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