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Definitions for recurrent
rɪˈkɜr ənt, -ˈkʌr-re·cur·rent

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. perennial, recurrent, repeatedadjective

    recurring again and again

    "perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements"

Wiktionary

  1. recurrentadjective

    Recurring time after time.

  2. recurrentadjective

    non-transient.

  3. Etymology: From recurrens (present participle of recurrere).

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. RECURRENTadjective

    Returning from time to time.

    Etymology: recurrent, Fr. recurrens, Lat.

    Next to lingring durable pains, short intermittent or swift recurrent pains precipitate patients unto consumptions. Gideon Harvey.

ChatGPT

  1. recurrent

    Recurrent refers to something that occurs again after a period of interruption, or something that is repeated often or periodically. It can refer to events, behaviors, symptoms, or phenomena that reappear or come back, especially after a period of absence or dormancy.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Recurrentadjective

    returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent pains

  2. Recurrentadjective

    running back toward its origin; as, a recurrent nerve or artery

  3. Etymology: [L. recurrens, -entis, p. pr. of recurrere: cf.F. rcurrent. See Recur.]

Entomology

  1. Recurrent

    running backward: applied to nerves it = stomatogastric.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of recurrent in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of recurrent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of recurrent in a Sentence

  1. Stanley Weiss:

    We expect that at some time it will help diminish the spread of COVID-19, based on the assumptions that persons who are infected and recover will have protective immunity, however, with SARS, data suggested protective immunity was of limited duration. Thus, the precise temporal dynamics may prove very important. For example, there could be recurrent waves. We hope with COVID-19, but do not yet know that they wont become re-infected.

  2. Anna Ricoy:

    We have one of the worst drought in decades, it's a recurrent drought that year after year is slowly eroding the livelihoods of small farmers. It's a silent disaster.

  3. Amy Lee:

    You're putting a whole new ecosystem of balance in. So, it's the ultimate probiotic. The bacteria takes hold ; it starts to repopulate. John Lee said that ever since Avery underwent the procedure, which involved a healthy stool overnighted from a Boston stool bank, she has been healthy with regular bowel movements. Fecal transplants for C. diff are approved by the Food and Drug Administration( FDA) only for children with recurrent C. diff infections. In Georgia, 19 children had fecal transplants after Avery, according to Fox 5 Atlanta. It's incredible how many people a fecal transplant can save, and help, and cure, and give life again.

  4. E. B. White:

    Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half the time.

  5. Christopher Ransom:

    There are not that many medical conditions that produce transient, recurrent, and highly-stereotyped neurological symptoms and epileptic seizures top that list of diagnoses to consider, this case, however, produced a particular challenge because [ the ] patient initially only described the cyclical pattern of sweating, not neurological symptoms. It wasn't until a spell was directly observed that alterations of behavior, seen as slowed verbal responses, was recognized to accompany the episodes of intense sweating.

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Translations for recurrent

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  • wiederkehrend, rekurrent, wiederholtGerman
  • recurrenteSpanish
  • مکررPersian
  • toistuva, uusiutuvaFinnish
  • récurrent, périodiqueFrench
  • athfhillteachIrish
  • aahaghyrtaghManx
  • נשנהHebrew
  • ricorrenteItalian
  • tāruarua, auauMāori
  • recorrentePortuguese
  • reînceput, repetat, recurentRomanian
  • возвращающийся, рецидивный, периодический, рекуррентный, повторяющийся, возвратныйRussian
  • återkommandeSwedish
  • nükseden, reküran, rekürent, tekrarlayan, rekurrentTurkish

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