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recursing

recursing is the present participle and gerund 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 recursing

What is recursing the present participle and gerund of?
Recursing is the present participle and gerund of recurse.

Words near recursing in the dictionary

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

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