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verb
Of an event, situation, etc.: to appear or happen again, especially repeatedly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Synonyms: recrudesce, recourse, recur, rehappen, reoccur, repeat
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Of an event, situation, etc.: to appear or happen again, especially repeatedly.
Of a disease or symptom: to happen again, especially repeatedly or after a remission or an apparent recovery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: recrudesce, recourse, recur, rehappen, reoccur, repeat
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Of a memory, thought, etc.: to come to the mind again.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To speak, think, or write about something again; to go back or return to a memory, a subject, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, intransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, intransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Synonym of recurse (“to execute a procedure recursively”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: recurse
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Often in the form recurring following a number: of a numeral or group of numerals in a decimal fraction: to repeat indefinitely.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: mathematics, sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Followed by into or to: to go to a place again; to return.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Followed by into or to: To go back to doing an activity, or to using a thing; to return.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Followed by to: to go to a place; to resort.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete, rare
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Followed by from: to move or run back from something; to recede, to withdraw.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete, rare
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
happen or occur again
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: repeat
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
Narrower terms: iterate, cycle
verb
return in thought or speech to something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: go back
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hark back, return, come back, recall
verb
have recourse to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: fall back, resort
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
History
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
Across languages
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
