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to reoccur

to reoccur

3 3.8
Happen again after some time
  • verb
  • /ˌriːəˈkɜːr/
translation icon : reocurrir
  • The same issues tend to reoccur every time we try to implement the new software.

And now that reoccurs each and every month, right?

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Examples

  • If a problem of any level reoccurs or persists, it has not been solved, and it is imperative that the teacher take further, more in-depth measures to reach a solution.

    Academic text (2001)
  • The patient developed what was thought to be a prolonged ileus that would partially resolve, and then the symptoms would reoccur.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Each time the child goes between homes, the feelings related to the trauma and upset of the divorce can reoccur.

    Blog text (25)
  • Often, these experiences overlap and reoccur with more frequency than we would like to believe.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Several ideas tended to reoccur in these highly subjective essays.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Before you forgive, you need to feel reasonably sure that the act won't reoccur.

    Blog text (13)
  • This may delay healing or cause incomplete healing, which increases the risk for injury to reoccur.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Will SARS or another pandemic influenza reoccur, and if it does, have we learned how to manage pandemics more effectively?

    Blog text (21)
  • In their encounters, some topics constantly reoccur: polygyny, the burdens of childbirth and raising children, gender roles, and the significance of education.

    Academic text (2009)
  • If you have had thrush in the past and the same symptoms reoccur, and none of the above conditions relate to you, then it is safe to treat yourself for recurrent thrush without an examination or tests.

    Blog text (8)

Synonyms

to reappear
vsto reoccur
70 2.7

To come back into sight after being away for a time

is about events happening again rather than merely appearing again
to recur
vsto reoccur
68 5.7

Happen again, often after some time

is a single repeat after some time rather than repeated events
to come around
vsto reoccur
35 2.7

To happen again at a usual time, for example every year

is any repeat after time, not only scheduled or cyclical events
to reemerge
vsto reoccur
8 4.1

To appear again after being away or hidden

is about an event happening again rather than returning to view
to recurse
vsto reoccur
  • Archaic
9.9

To happen again after it happened before

is the modern neutral term used without rare archaic style
to recrudesce
vsto reoccur
  • Specialized
9.9

Start again after a quiet time, usually something bad

is neutral repeat after time and not limited to unwanted outbreaks

Antonyms

1.0

To make something end and not continue

324 3.6

To stop or come to an end

How Often

to persist
61 3.5
to recur
68 5.7
to reoccur
3 3.8

Surface Forms

reoccur infinitive
reoccurring present participle
reoccurs third person singular
reoccurred past
reoccurred past participle

Morphology

reoccur = occur (transparent) = re + occur

This is a standard and semantically clear case of 're-' meaning 'again' added to 'occur'.

Etymology

Reoccur is made from the prefix re- ('again') and the verb occur ('happen'). So, reoccur means to 'happen again' after some time.