recur

Meaning

1. To happen again.
2. To come to the mind again.
3. To speak, write or think about something again; to return or go back (to a subject).
4. (obsolete) To go back to using or doing something.
5. (obsolete) To have recourse (to someone or something) for assistance, support etc.; to turn or appeal to (someone or something).
6. (obsolete) To go to a location again; to return (to a place).
7. To recurse.

Synonyms

repeat

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reappear

return

go back

come back

relapse

happen again

revert

resort

fall back

have recourse

break out again

recurrence

recurrent

re-emerge

reiterate

rejoin

rendition

repetition

representation

reproduction

appeal

resume

resurface

resurgence

retrogress

take up

trace back

turn

revert to

retrovert

run again

repullulate

rerun

apply

backdate

be

fall

flare up

go crazy

haunt

linger

loiter

occur

reconstruction

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈkɜː(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Latin recurrō (“run back”).