recurring

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /rɪˈkəːrɪŋ/

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Verb

recurring

1. present participle and gerund of recur

Adjective

recurring (comparative more recurring, superlative most recurring)

1. Happening or occurring frequently, with repetition.

   He has recurring asthma attacks.

   Revenge is a recurring theme in this novel.

2. (mathematics, not comparable) 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

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

Translations

happening frequently

• Catalan: recurrent (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 循环的, 反复的

• Czech: opakovaný (cs), opakující se, vracející se
• Dutch: (zich) herhalend, terugkerend (nl)
• Finnish: toistuva (fi)
• Galician: recorrente
• German: (immer, periodisch) wiederkehrend (de)
• Hungarian: visszatérő (hu), ismétlődő (hu)
• 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

• Czech: periodický
• Finnish: jaksollinen (fi)
• Greek: περιοδικός (el) (periodikós)
• Polish: okresowy (pl) m
• Spanish: periódico (es)

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Translations to be checked

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

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• reiteration, repeat; see also Thesaurus:reoccurrence