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recur
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
recur
(verb)
recur
/rɪ
ˈ
kɚ/
verb
recurs
;
recurred
;
recurring
recur
/rɪ
ˈ
kɚ/
verb
recurs
;
recurred
;
recurring
Britannica Dictionary definition of RECUR
[
no object
]
:
to happen or appear again
:
to occur again
There is only a slight chance that the disease will
recur
.
The same problem keeps
recurring
.
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— recurring
adjective
She suffers from
recurring
headaches.
a
recurring
injury/nightmare
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