recurring

English

Verb

recurring

1. Present participle of recur.

Adjective

recurring

1. Happening or occurring frequently, with repetition.

   He has recurring asthma attacks.

   Revenge is a recurring theme in this novel.

2. (mathematics) Of a decimal: having a set of digits that is repeated indefinitely.

   Every rational number can be written as either a terminating decimal or a recurring decimal.

Synonyms

• recurrent
• repetitive

Translations

happening frequently

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: (zich) herhalend, terugkerend
• Finnish: toistuva (fi)

• German: (immer, periodisch) wiederkehrend (de)
• Spanish: recurrente (es)
• Turkish: devirli (tr), (trade) tekrar eden (tr), tekrarlayan (tr), yinelenen (tr)

math:having a set of digits that is repeated indefinitely

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: jaksollinen (fi)

• Polish: okresowy (pl) m
• Spanish: periódico (es)

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Translations to be checked

• French: récurrent, répété, répétitif