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recurring adjective [ rɪˈkəːrɪŋ ]

• occurring again periodically or repeatedly.
• "gratitude is a recurring theme in the book"

recur verb

• occur again periodically or repeatedly.
• "when the symptoms recurred, the doctor diagnosed something different"
Similar: happen again, reoccur, occur again, be repeated, repeat (itself), happen repeatedly, come and go, come back (again), return, come round (again), reappear, appear again, flare up, recrudesce,
Origin: Middle English (in the sense ‘return to’): from Latin recurrere, from re- ‘again, back’ + currere ‘run’.


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