noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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General-American:/rəˈkɝ.əns/
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CMU ARPABET:R IH0 K ER1 AH0 N S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:R IY0 K ER1 AH0 N S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Return or reversion to a certain state.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The instance of recurring; frequent occurrence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
Near-synonym: relapse
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: relapse
Antonyms: remission
4
noun
Meaning 4
Recourse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
From recurrent + -ence, cognate with Latin recurrentia, from recurrēns (“returning back, recurring”), form of recurrō (“to return, to recur”) (English recur).
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
връщане
(vrǎštane)
— return or reversion to a certain state
Bulgarian:
повторение
(povtorenie)
— return or reversion to a certain state
Esperanto:
reokazo
— return or reversion to a certain state
French:
récurrence
— return or reversion to a certain state
German:
Rückfall
— return or reversion to a certain state
German:
Wiederholung
— return or reversion to a certain state
Japanese:
回帰
(kaiki)
— return or reversion to a certain state
Japanese:
復帰
(fukki)
— return or reversion to a certain state
Portuguese:
reversão
— return or reversion to a certain state
Portuguese:
retorno
— return or reversion to a certain state
Portuguese:
volta
— return or reversion to a certain state
Romanian:
repetare
— return or reversion to a certain state
Romanian:
reîncepere
— return or reversion to a certain state
Romanian:
reîntoarcere
— return or reversion to a certain state
Russian:
возвраще́ние
(vozvraščénije)
— return or reversion to a certain state
Russian:
повторе́ние
(povtorénije)
— return or reversion to a certain state
Spanish:
recurrencia
— return or reversion to a certain state
Ottoman Turkish:
تكرار
(tekrar)
— return or reversion to a certain state
Bulgarian:
повторение
(povtorenie)
— the instance of recurring; frequent occurrence
French:
récurrence
— the instance of recurring; frequent occurrence
German:
Rekurrenz
— the instance of recurring; frequent occurrence
German:
Rückfall
— the instance of recurring; frequent occurrence
Japanese:
再現
(saigen)
— the instance of recurring; frequent occurrence
Japanese:
再発
(saihatsu)
— the instance of recurring; frequent occurrence
Manx:
aahaghyrt
— the instance of recurring; frequent occurrence
Portuguese:
recorrência
— the instance of recurring; frequent occurrence
Russian:
рециди́в
(recidív)
— the instance of recurring; frequent occurrence
Bulgarian:
рецидив
(recidiv)
— a return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease
Finnish:
uusiutuma
— a return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease
Finnish:
uusiutuminen
— a return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease
French:
récurrence
— a return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease
German:
Rekurrenz
— a return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease
German:
Rückfall
— a return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease
Japanese:
再発
(saihatsu)
— a return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease
Māori:
matahoki
— a return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease
Portuguese:
recorrência
— a return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease
Spanish:
recaída
— a return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease