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recurring

  • adjective
  • /ɹɪˈkɜːɹɪŋ/

Happening or occurring frequently, with repetition.

Example

“He has recurring asthma attacks.”

Other meanings

  1. Of a decimal: having a set of digits that is repeated indefinitely.

    “Every rational number can be written as either a terminating decimal or a recurring decimal.”

Related words

  • nonrecurring
  • recurringly
  • unrecurring

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “recurring” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.