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recurrence

/rəˈkɝ.əns/

recurrence noun: return or reversion to a certain state.

Noun

recurrence (countable and uncountable, plural recurrences)

  1. Return or reversion to a certain state.
  2. The instance of recurring; frequent occurrence.
    • I shall insensibly go on from a rare to a frequent recurrence to the dangerous preparations.1860, Isaac Taylor, Logic in Theolog, Without Controversy
  3. A return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease.
    • Near-synonym: relapse
    Synonyms:
    relapse
    Antonyms:
    remission
  4. Recourse.

recurrence meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

recurrence in Hindi

recurrence, succession
पर्याय paryāy

recurrence in Tamil

நோய் மீளல், நோய் மீளல் அறிகுறி, மறுபீடிப்பு, மீளல், மறுநிகழ்வு, மீண்டும் நிகழ்தல்

recurrence in Urdu

تقلید

recurrence in Bengali

পুনরাবৃত্তি, পুনরাবির্ভাব
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recurrence in Malayalam
വീണ്ടും ഉണ്ടാക്കൽ, പുനസ്സംഭവം, ആവർത്തനം, പുനരാവൃത്തി
recurrence in Kannada
ಆವರ್ತನ

Examples of recurrence in a sentence

  • Patients with previous ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) may experience recurrence of perimitral flutter (PMFL).
  • Titers of antiheart antibodies appeared to persist in patients with rheumatic recurrences.
  • I argued that organizing is about creating some patterned recurrence into that ceaseless change.

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Antonyms

Forms of recurrence

pluralrecurrences

Plural of recurrence: recurrences

Origin of recurrence

From recurrent + -ence, cognate with Latin recurrentia, from recurrēns (“returning back, recurring”), form of recurrō (“to return, to recur”) (English recur).

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Phrases with recurrence

Questions about recurrence

What does recurrence mean?
Recurrence means return or reversion to a certain state.
What is recurrence in Hindi?
Recurrence in Hindi is पर्याय (paryāy). See Recurrence meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is recurrence?
Recurrence is a noun.
How do you pronounce recurrence?
Recurrence is pronounced /rəˈkɝ.əns/ (US).
What is the plural of recurrence?
The plural of recurrence is recurrences.

Words near recurrence in the dictionary

  1. recurled
  2. recurling
  3. recurls
  4. recuronium
  5. recurred
  6. recurrence
  7. recurrence relation
  8. recurrence relations
  9. recurrence time
  10. recurrence times
  11. recurrences

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: recurrence (page history and authors); पर्याय (Hindi) (page history and authors); recurrence (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); recurrence (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); recurrence (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); recurrence (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); recurrence (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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