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What is "recur" in English? Definition and Explanations

Updated: 09-05-2026 by Wikilanguages.net
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What does recur mean in English? Meaning of recur definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "recur" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "recur": happen or occur again

Verb

  • Meaning: happen or occur again
  • Example: This is a recurring story
  • Synonyms: recur repeat
  • Hyponyms: cycle iterate
  • Hypernyms: come about fall out go on hap happen occur pass pass off take place

    • Meaning of "recur": return in thought or speech to something

    Verb

  • Meaning: return in thought or speech to something
  • Synonyms: go back recur
  • Hypernyms: come back hark back recall return

    • Meaning of "recur": have recourse to

    Verb

  • Meaning: have recourse to
  • Example: The government resorted to rationing meat
  • Synonyms: fall back recur resort
  • Hypernyms: apply employ use utilise utilize

    • Synonyms:

    reappear, persist, reiterate, repeat, return, revert, recrudesce, iterate, come back, be remembered, be repeated, come again, come and go, crop up again, haunt thoughts, return to mind, turn back, run through ones mind,

    Antonyms:

    halt, stop,

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    recur in English: recur
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