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   Re·cur·rent

   /rəˈkərənt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. occurring often or repeatedly: "she had a recurrent dream about falling"
   • 2. (of a nerve or blood vessel) turning back so as to reverse direction: "the recurrent nerve leaves the hypocerebral ganglion"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in recurrent (sense 2)): from Latin recurrent- ‘running back’, from the verb recurrere (see recur).

   Derivatives

   • 1. recurrently adverb

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   What does recurrent mean?

   • The meaning of RECURRENT is running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course —used of various nerves and branches of vessels in the arms and legs. How to use recurrent in a sentence. Recurrent vs. Recurring

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   What is a recurrent event?

   • A recurrent event or feeling happens or is experienced more than once. Race is a recurrent theme in the work. ...buildings in which staff suffer recurrent illness. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collins! Collins! 1. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. Anatomy

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   What is the difference between recurring and recurring?

   • But even in such cases, there may be subtle differences which you may wish to pay attention to. Recurrent tends to suggest a coming back of something that has existed before, whereas recurring often implies simply a repeated occurrence.

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   Recurrent means returning or happening time after time, or running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course. It can be used in medical contexts, such as "recurrent fevers" or "recurrent cancer". It has a specialized anatomical sense, "running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course". See synonyms, examples, etymology and more.

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   Recurrent means that something happens or appears again, especially repeatedly or periodically. It can also describe an anatomical structure that runs in a reverse direction. See synonyms, origin, and sentences with recurrent.

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   Recurrent means happening again many times. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts with synonyms, related words and phrases, and examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.

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   Recurrent means something that happens repeatedly. The word recurrent comes from a Latin word meaning "to return or come back." A recurrent dream, good or bad, keeps coming back. You'll hear this word used often about abstract things like dreams, thoughts, and in literature, themes.

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   Recurrent means happening or appearing again or repeatedly, or turning in a reverse direction. It can be used of blood vessels, nerves, or other anatomy. Find synonyms, translations, and related words for recurrent in various dictionaries and thesauruses.

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   4 days ago · Recurrent means happening or tending to happen again or repeatedly, or turned back in the opposite direction, as a nerve or artery. See synonyms, pronunciation, and usage examples of recurrent in sentences.

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   Recurrent means that something happens again and again. Learn how to use this word in different contexts, such as infections, costs, and themes, with pictures and pronunciation guides.