recurring

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EnglishEdit

VerbEdit

recurring

1. present participle of recur

AdjectiveEdit

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.

SynonymsEdit

• recurrent
• repetitive

TranslationsEdit

happening frequently

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 循环的, 反复的

• Dutch: (zich) herhalend, terugkerend (nl)
• Finnish: toistuva (fi)
• German: (immer, periodisch) wiederkehrend (de)
• Hungarian: visszatérő, ismétlődő

• Irish: athfhillteach
• Manx: aafilltagh
• Maori: huirangi
• Russian: повторяющийся (ru) (povtorjajuščijsja), периоди́ческий (ru) (periodíčeskij)
• Spanish: recurrente (es)
• Turkish: devirli (tr), (trade) tekrar eden, tekrarlayan, yinelenen

math:having a set of digits that is repeated indefinitely

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 循环的

• Finnish: jaksollinen (fi)

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

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• French: ^{(please verify)} récurrent, ^{(please verify)} répété, ^{(please verify)} répétitif

NounEdit

recurring (plural recurrings)

1. A recurrence; a coming round again.
   • 2009, Martin E. Marty, A Cry of Absence: Reflections for the Winter of the Heart (page 21)

     Winter, here, is a dimension of all reality, not one-fourth of the spiritual year's endless recurrings.