reoccur

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US /ˌriəˈkɝ/ UK /ˌriːəˈkɜː/ See IPA manual

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1

verb
to happen or occur again

The error tended to reoccur whenever the system rebooted.

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1 verb · to happen or occur again recur repeat return reappear

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Derived forms reoccurrence

Related forms occur recur occurrence

Etymology

From re- ('again') + occur, from Latin occurrere ('to run to meet, befall'), from ob- ('toward') + currere ('to run').

occurrere Latin currere Latin

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# reoccur

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** ˌriəˈkɝ
**IPA (UK):** ˌriːəˈkɜː

## Meanings
1. to happen or occur again

## Examples
- The error tended to reoccur whenever the system rebooted.

## Synonyms
- recur
- repeat
- return
- reappear

## Derived Forms
- reoccurrence

## Related Forms
- occur
- recur
- occurrence

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: occurrere
- Root: currere

## Etymology
From re- ('again') + occur, from Latin occurrere ('to run to meet, befall'), from ob- ('toward') + currere ('to run').

## AI Etymology
Reoccur comes from re- ('again') + occur, from Latin occurrere ('to run to meet, befall'), from ob- ('toward') + currere ('to run'). The historical chain includes Latin occurrere and Latin currere. Older glosses in the chain include "again", "to run to meet, befall", "toward", and "to run", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, reoccur is best read as compound and borrowing, yielding an English verb shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a verb, with the sense "to happen or occur again". English derivatives include reoccurrence; related forms include occur, recur, and occurrence. The result is an English verb whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

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