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recurses

recurses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of recurse.

Meaning of recurse

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

Questions about recurses

What is recurses the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Recurses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of recurse.

Words near recurses in the dictionary

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

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