recurring

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Template:US IPA^(key): /rɪˈkəːrɪŋ/
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VerbEdit

recurring

present participle of recur

AdjectiveEdit

recurring (comparative more recurring, superlative most recurring)

Happening or occurring frequently, with repetition.
He has recurring asthma attacks.

Revenge is a recurring theme in this novel.
(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

(happening or occurring frequently): recurrent, repetitive; see also Thesaurus:repetitive

TranslationsEdit

happening frequently

Catalan: recurrent (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 循环的, 反复的
Dutch: (zich) herhalend, terugkerend (nl)
Finnish: toistuva (fi)
Galician: recorrente
German: (immer, periodisch) wiederkehrend (de)
Hungarian: visszatérő, ismétlődő
Irish: athfhillteach
Latin: recidīvus
Manx: aafilltagh
Maori: huirangi
Portuguese: recorrente (pt)
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)
Greek: περιοδικός (el) (periodikós)
Polish: okresowy (pl) m
Spanish: periódico (es)

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

NounEdit

recurring (plural recurrings)

A recurrence; a coming round again.
- 2009, Marty, Martin E., 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.

SynonymsEdit

reiteration, repeat; see also Thesaurus:reoccurrence