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recurring

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re⋅cur⋅ring

  [ri-kur-ing, -kuhr-]
Use recurring in a Sentence
–adjective
occurring or appearing again.
Origin:
recur + -ing 1

Related forms:
re⋅cur⋅ring⋅ly, adverb

re⋅cur

  [ri-kur]
–verb (used without object), -curred, -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 < L recurrere to run back, equiv. to re- re- + currere to run
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re·cur   (rĭ-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·cur'rence n.
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Word Origin & History

recur 
1468, from L. recurrere "to return, come back," from re- "back, again" + currere "to run" (see current). Originally of persons; application to thoughts, ideas, etc. is recorded from 1704.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: re·cur
Pronunciation: ri-'k&r
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: re·curred; re·cur·ring
: to occur again after an interval recur>
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Medical Dictionary

recur re·cur (rĭ-kûr')
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.

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