recur

(intransitive) Of an event, situation, etc.: to appear or happen again, especially repeatedly.
(intransitive) Of an event, situation, etc.: to appear or happen again, especially repeatedly.
(intransitive) Of a memory, thought, etc.: to come to the mind again.
(dated, intransitive) To speak, think, or write about something again; to go back or return to a memory, a subject, etc.
(archaic, intransitive) Followed by to, or (Scotland, obsolete) on or upon: to have recourse to someone or something for assistance, support, etc.; to appeal, to resort, to turn to.
(intransitive) Synonym of recurse (“to execute a procedure recursively”).
(intransitive) Often in the form recurring following a number: of a numeral or group of numerals in a decimal fraction: to repeat indefinitely.
(intransitive, obsolete) Followed by into or to: to go to a place again; to return.
(intransitive, obsolete) Followed by into or to: To go back to doing an activity, or to using a thing; to return.
(intransitive, obsolete, rare) Followed by to: to go to a place; to resort.
(intransitive, obsolete, rare) Followed by from: to move or run back from something; to recede, to withdraw.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈkɜː(ɹ)/

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

recur

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈkɜː(ɹ)/

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