Recur

rɪˈkɜːr

Meaning & Definition

verb

to occur again or repeatedly

The same problems seem to recur every time we start a new project.

to return to a previous point in a sequence or process

The theme of loss recurs throughout the author's body of work.

to appear again in a person's thoughts or dreams

She found that the memory of her childhood would often recur in her dreams.

in mathematics, to happen again at a regular interval

The function will recur at every multiple of pi.

From Latin 'recurrere', meaning 'to run back'.

recur to one's mind

to come back in thought or memory

recur frequently

to happen often or regularly

fail to recur

not to happen again or repeat

recurrence

the act of occurring again

recurrent

occurring frequently or repeatedly

recurring

happening repeatedly or periodically

to come back

He's always joking that his bad luck tends to recur.

to pop up again

Those old issues seem to recur every time we meet.