recur

CEFRC1

/ɹɪˈkɜː/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To happen again, especially more than once.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    Of a memory, thought, etc.: to come to the mind again.

Examples

  • Next year we'll recur to this issue.

  • These are symptoms that may recur after some time.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
4

Also pronounced

  • /ɹɪˈkeː/
  • /ɹɪˈkʌr/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. Of an event, situation, etc.: to appear or happen again, especially repeatedly.

  2. Of a disease or symptom: to happen again, especially repeatedly or after a remission or an apparent recovery.

  3. To speak, think, or write about something again; to go back or return to a memory, a subject, etc.

More examples

In context

  • One-third can be written in decimal form as 0.3333 …, or point three-recurring.

  • The theme of the prodigal son recurs later in the third act.

  • But ſtill, the Queſtion recurs, vvhether Man be Free?

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Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The doctor warned that the infection might blank if she did not finish the full course of antibiotics.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

Learned borrowing from Latin recurrō (“to hurry or run back; to return, revert”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘back, backwards’) + currō (“to hasten, hurry; to move, travel; to run”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”)). cognates * Anglo-Norman recurre, recorre (“to have recourse to”) * Catalan recórrer * Italian ricorrer * Old French recourir (Middle French recourir; modern French recourir (“to have recourse to; to run again; to run back”)) * Old Occitan recorre * Portuguese recorrer * Spanish recorrer