recurrent
/ɹɪˈkʌɹənt//ɹɪˈkɝənt/
recurrent adjective: recurring; happening time after time.
Adjective
recurrent (not comparable)
- Recurring; happening time after time.
- The patient complained of recurrent chest pain.
- Synonyms:
- perennial, repetitious, habitual, monotonous, recurring, repeating, repetitional, repetitionary, repetitive
- Non-transient.
- Synonyms:
- persistent
- Antonyms:
- transient
- Running back toward its origin.
- a recurrent nerve or artery
- Antonyms:
- precurrent
- Turned back toward the base.
recurrent meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
recurrent in Hindi
- recurrent, returning
- परावर्ती parāvartī
recurrent in Tamil
- திரும்பத்திரும்பத் தோன்றும், மீட்சி, மீண்டும்மீண்டும் வருகின்ற, மீண்டுமீண்டுவருகின்ற
recurrent in Urdu
- باربار ہونے والی
recurrent in Bengali
- পুনরাবৃত্ত, পর্যায়ক্রমিক
More languagesFewer languages
- recurrent in Malayalam
- ആവർത്തിച്ചുള്ള, ആവർത്തിക്കുന്ന, ആവർത്തിക്കപ്പെടുന്ന, ആവർത്തിച്ച
Examples of recurrent in a sentence
- Asymmetry in pronominal sequencing is a recurrent feature of syndetic coordination, though with considerable variation in relation to literary genre.
- Those recurrent noises in Italy about a move to Internazionale have resurfaced this week.
- Porzecanski employs two recurrent phallic and yonic symbols in the narrative.
Synonyms of recurrent
- perennial
- repetitious
- habitual
- monotonous
- recurring
- repeating
- repetitional
- repetitionary
- repetitive
- persistent
Antonyms
Origin of recurrent
From Latin recurrens, present participle of recurrere. Morphologically recur + -ent.
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Words that rhyme with recurrent
Questions about recurrent
- What does recurrent mean?
- Recurrent means recurring; happening time after time.
- What is recurrent in Hindi?
- Recurrent in Hindi is परावर्ती (parāvartī). See Recurrent meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is recurrent?
- Recurrent is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce recurrent?
- Recurrent is pronounced /ɹɪˈkʌɹənt/ (UK).
Words near recurrent in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: recurrent (page history and authors); परावर्ती (Hindi) (page history and authors); recurrent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); recurrent (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); recurrent (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); recurrent (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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