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recurse

/ɹɪˈkɜː(ɹ)s/

recurse verb: to execute a procedure recursively.

Verb

recurse (third-person singular simple present recurses, present participle recursing, simple past and past participle recursed)

  1. (intransitive) To execute a procedure recursively.
    • The algorithm then recurses on the children of the current tree node.
    Synonyms:
    recur

recurse meaning in Urdu

recurse in Urdu

دوبارہ انجام دینا, دہرانا, تکرار کرنا

Synonyms of recurse

Forms of recurse

third-person singular presentrecurses
present participlerecursing
past participlerecursed
pastrecursed

Origin of recurse

Back-formation from recursion.

Words that rhyme with recurse

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Questions about recurse

What does recurse mean?
Recurse means to execute a procedure recursively.
What is recurse in Urdu?
Recurse in Urdu is دوبارہ انجام دینا, دہرانا, تکرار کرنا. See Recurse meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is recurse?
Recurse is a verb.
How do you pronounce recurse?
Recurse is pronounced /ɹɪˈkɜː(ɹ)s/.
What is the past tense of recurse?
The past tense of recurse is recursed.

Words near recurse in the dictionary

  1. recurring
  2. recurringly
  3. recurrings
  4. recurs
  5. recursant
  6. recurse
  7. recursed
  8. recurses
  9. recursing
  10. recursion
  11. recursion theory

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Adapted from Wiktionary: recurse (page history and authors); recurse (Urdu 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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