recurrent

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recurrent

/ɹɪˈkʌɹənt/ Australia, UK
/ɹɪˈkɝənt/ Canada, US

Rhymes with -ʌɹənt

Where it comes from

From Latin recurrens, present participle of recurrere. Morphologically recur + -ent.

adjective

not comparable Recurring; happening time after time. The patient complained of recurrent chest pain.
Similar: perennial, repetitious, habitual, monotonous, recurrent, recurring, repeating, repetitional, repetitionary, repetitive
not comparable, of a state Non-transient.
Similar: persistent · Opposite: transient
not comparable Running back toward its origin. a recurrent nerve or artery
Opposite: precurrent
not comparable Turned back toward the base.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: repeated, continual, perennial, repeatedly, recurring, repetitive, repetition, repeating, repeat, operating, functioning, renewable, operation, successive, recurrence, recur

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Every language

adj recurring time after time

Español	recurrente
日本語	再発性の saihatsusei no
Português	recorrente
Français	périodique, récurrent
Deutsch	wiederholt, wiederkehrend
Italiano	ricorrente
Română	recurent, reînceput, repetat
Русский	повторя́ющийся povtorjájuščijsja, возвраща́ющийся vozvraščájuščijsja, рециди́вный recidívnyj, возвра́тный vozvrátnyj, периоди́ческий periodíčeskij

adj math: non-transient

Deutsch	rekurrent
Русский	рекурре́нтный rekurréntnyj
עברית	נשנה nishné

adj running back toward its origin

Español	recurrente
Português	recorrente

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Chicago

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@misc{recurrent_2026,
  title = {recurrent},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/recurrent},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}