English Explanatory Dictionary

recurrence

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Return or reversion to a certain state.
  2. The instance of recurring; frequent occurrence.
  3. A return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease.
  4. Recourse.

Pronunciation

/rəˈkɝ.əns/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Knabrupt-recurrence.wav

Word forms

recurrence recurrences

Etymology

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

Synonyms

recurrency reoccurrence relapse

Antonyms

remission

Related words

recur recurrent recursive recursivity recursion

Derived words

eternal recurrence nonrecurrence null recurrence oligorecurrence Poincaré recurrence time positive recurrence postrecurrence prerecurrence recurrence relation recurrence time
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