recurrence

C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /rɪˈkɝəns/ UK /rɪˈkʌrəns/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a repeated occurrence or return

Doctors watched closely for a recurrence of the illness.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a repeated occurrence or... repetition return reappearance recrudescence relapse reoccurrence

Opposites

cessation disappearance

Word family

Related forms recur recurrent recursive current

Etymology

From recurrent + -ence, from Latin recurrentem, present participle of recurrere ('to run back'), from re- ('back') + currere ('to run').

re- Latin recurrere Latin currere Latin

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# recurrence

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /rɪˈkɝəns/
**IPA (UK):** /rɪˈkʌrəns/

## Meanings
1. a repeated occurrence or return

## Examples
- Doctors watched closely for a recurrence of the illness.

## Synonyms
- repetition
- return
- reappearance
- recrudescence
- relapse
- reoccurrence

## Antonyms
- cessation
- disappearance

## Related Forms
- recur
- recurrent
- recursive
- current

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: re-
- Root: recurrere
- Root: currere

## Etymology
From recurrent + -ence, from Latin recurrentem, present participle of recurrere ('to run back'), from re- ('back') + currere ('to run').

## AI Etymology
Recurrence comes from recurrent + -ence, from Latin recurrentem, present participle of recurrere ('to run back'), from re- ('back') + currere ('to run'). The historical chain includes Latin re-, Latin recurrere, and Latin currere. The quoted older senses, "to run back", "back", and "to run", supply the semantic anchors for recurrence. The formation is best read as suffixal, compound, participial, and borrowed: the word recurrence carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "a repeated occurrence or return". Related English forms include recur, recurrent, recursive, and current. The result is a noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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