recurrent

From Latin recurrens, present participle of recurrere. Morphologically recur +‎ -ent.

• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈkʌɹənt/

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈkɝənt/

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• Rhymes: -ʌɹənt

recurrent (not comparable)

1. Recurring; happening time after time.

   Synonyms: perennial, repetitious; see also Thesaurus:repetitive

   The patient complained of recurrent chest pain.

2. (mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) Non-transient.

   Synonym: persistent

   Antonym: transient

3. (botany, anatomy) Running back toward its origin.

   Antonym: precurrent

   a recurrent nerve or artery

4. (entomology) Turned back toward the base.

• recurrence

• currenter

Borrowed from Latin recurrentem.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [rə.kuˈren]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [rə.kuˈrent]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.kuˈrent]

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recurrent m or f (masculine and feminine plural recurrents)

1. recurring, recurrent

• recórrer
• recurrència

• “recurrent”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “recurrent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “recurrent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “recurrent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

recurrent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of recurrō