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Definition of recurrent adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

recurrent

adjective
 
/rɪˈkʌrənt/
 
/rɪˈkɜːrənt/
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  1. that happens again and again
    • recurrent infections
    • recurrent costs
    • Poverty is a recurrent theme in her novels.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryRecurrent is used with these nouns:
    • attack
    • dream
    • episode
    • …
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    Word Originlate 16th cent. (originally referring to a nerve of blood vessel turning back in order to reverse direction): from Latin recurrent- ‘running back’, from the verb recurrere, from re- ‘again, back’ + currere ‘run’.
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