recurring

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

re·cur·ring

[ri-kur-ing, -kuhr-]
adjective
occurring or appearing again.

Origin:
recur + -ing1

re·cur·ring·ly, adverb
un·re·cur·ring, adjective

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Recurring is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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re·cur

[ri-kur]
verb (used without object), re·curred, re·cur·ring.
1.
to occur again, as an event, experience, etc.
2.
to return to the mind: The idea kept recurring.
3.
to come up again for consideration, as a question.
4.
to have recourse.

Origin:
1610–20; earlier: to recede < Latin recurrere to run back, equivalent to re- re- + currere to run
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recur (rɪˈkɜː)
 
vb , -curs, -curring, -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.  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]
 
re'curring
 
adj
 
re'curringly
 
adv

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recurring
1711, from recur.
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