recurrence

CEFRC1

/rəˈkɝ.əns/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The act of happening again after a period.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease.

Examples

  • The chances of recurrence vary from patient to patient.

  • There's a slight possibility of a recurrence.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The instance of recurring; frequent occurrence.

  2. Return or reversion to a certain state.

More examples

In context

  • Is a recurrence likely?

  • Near-synonym: relapse

  • I shall insensibly go on from a rare to a frequent recurrence to the dangerous preparations.

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Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

After the disease seemed completely gone, its sudden blank shocked the doctors and nurses.

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

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Origin

noun

From recurrent + -ence, cognate with Latin recurrentia, from recurrēns (“returning back, recurring”), form of recurrō (“to return, to recur”) (English recur).