to recur
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5.7
- verb
- /rɪˈkɜr/
:
repetirse
- One of the most critical recurring issues was the lack of diversity in the group.
- recurring theme
- recurring pattern
- recurring problem
So we read that there had been fine times and they never recurred, at least not with the same sense of glory.
- So we read that there had been fine times and they never recurred, at least not with the same sense of glory.
- Breast cancer patients have one thing on their mind, which is I don't want my cancer to recur.
- And over the course of a week or two weeks or a little bit more, their depression will recur.
- It hangs around in our gut until the time's right and then we get infections coming back again and again as they recur.
- In fact, we drained fluid and that fluid has has now recurred.
- It seems that that's something that recurs.
Examples
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Her illness was somewhat cyclical, usually recurring in the winter and lasting for two or three months.
Fiction book (2000) -
I notice a lot in my meditation that the same types of thoughts recur over and over and over and over again.
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OK, And that would be a theme that will recur in the class.
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Grief this strong can recur at any time.
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Eric and I have have tensions over certain things that recur all the time.
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Indeed, questions about the appropriate bounds of scientific research recur with relative frequency.
Academic text (2017) -
Distraction seemed to be a recurring issue throughout all of the lessons.
Academic text (2015) -
Working at the local level to address access barriers was a recurring theme in MPEP's public engagement process.
Academic text (2012) -
Throughout the literature concerning reading proficiency and disabilities, a number of recurring themes appear.
Academic text (2012) -
Grief this strong can recur at any time.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To do or say something again
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2.7
To come back into sight after being away for a time
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2.7
To happen again at a usual time, for example every year
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3.8
Happen again after some time
To happen again after it happened before
Start again after a quiet time, usually something bad
Antonyms
How Often
Surface Forms
Etymology
Recur comes from the Latin parts re- ('again') and currere ('to run') and is related to occur. So when something recurs it 'runs' back or happens again, which is why we use it for events that repeat.