recurrent event
- noun
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evento recurrente
- Earthquakes can be categorized as a recurrent event in regions known for seismic activity.
- risk of recurrent events
Examples
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As the time to treatment is paramount in TIA and stroke, and as those who experience a TIA are a high-risk group for recurrent events, it is evident that individuals need to be educated to seek appropriate medical attention when stroke symptoms arise.
Academic text (2015) -
That Al Smith dinner and Red Masses are recurrent events.
Blog text (30) -
Survival curves (figures 2 and 3) dispel the common notion that the risk of recurrent events is confined to the early period after the initial event.
Academic text (1994) -
The annual festival is a recurrent event that draws thousands of visitors each summer.
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For many cities, tax season is a recurrent event that prompts increased traffic and long lines at offices.
Synonyms
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2.8
A series of events that repeat in the same order
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1.0
An event that happens again in the same way
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5.0
An event or problem that happens again, often at regular times
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5.8
Something that happens again
A pattern where something happens again at fixed times
An event that happens again at regular times
Antonyms
How Often
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'recurrent' (happening again and again) with 'event' (an occurrence): it denotes an occurrence that repeats over time, which a learner who knows both words can infer. The modifier+noun composition is a regular, cross-linguistically common pattern in English, so the phrase is immediately comprehensible to B1 learners.
Etymology
Recurrent event comes from the image of the same thing returning again and again, like a meeting that keeps appearing on your calendar. Recurrent means 'again' and event is the thing that happens, so it means 'an event that happens repeatedly over time'.