English Explanatory Dictionary

recurrent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Recurring; happening time after time.
  2. Non-transient.
  3. Running back toward its origin.
  4. Turned back toward the base.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈkʌɹənt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-recur.wav /ɹɪˈkɝənt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-recurrent.wav

Word forms

recurrent

Etymology

From Latin recurrens, present participle of recurrere. Morphologically recur + -ent.

Synonyms

perennial repetitious habitual monotonous recurrent recurring repeating repetitional repetitionary repetitive persistent

Antonyms

transient precurrent

Related words

recurrence

Derived words

interrecurrent nonrecurrent null recurrent oligorecurrent positive recurrent quasirecurrent recurrent aborter recurrent laryngeal nerve recurrently recurrent neural network recurrent nova recurrent slope linea unrecurrent
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