recur
[verb]
Synonyms: happen again, come again, persist, reappear, repeat, return, revert

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Related Words: iterate, reiterate, repeat

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

re‧cur /rɪˈkɜː $ -ɜːr/ verb (past tense and past participle recurred, present participle recurring) [intransitive]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: recurrere 'to run back', from currere 'to run']

1. if something, especially something bad or unpleasant, recurs, it happens again:
There is a danger that the disease may recur.
Love is a recurring theme in the book.
recurring dream/nightmare

2. technical if a number or numbers after a decimal point recur, they are repeated for ever in the same order

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

recur
verb
ADV. constantly, frequently, regularly This is a constantly recurring problem which we must deal with.
VERB + RECUR be likely to | tend to
PREP. throughout a theme that recurs throughout the book
PHRASES keep recurring

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