reoccurrence

C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /ˌriəˈkɝəns/ UK /ˌriːəˈkʌrəns/ See IPA manual

noun

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1

noun
a repeated happening of an event

They took steps to prevent a reoccurrence of the fault.

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1 noun · a repeated happening of an... recurrence repetition return reappearance

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Related forms reoccur occur occurrence

Etymology

From reoccur + -ence; reoccur from re- ('again') + occur, from Latin occurrere ('to run to meet'), from ob- + currere ('to run').

occurrere Latin currere Latin

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# reoccurrence

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˌriəˈkɝəns
**IPA (UK):** ˌriːəˈkʌrəns

## Meanings
1. a repeated happening of an event

## Examples
- They took steps to prevent a reoccurrence of the fault.

## Synonyms
- recurrence
- repetition
- return
- reappearance

## Related Forms
- reoccur
- occur
- occurrence

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

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

## AI Etymology
Reoccurrence comes from reoccur + -ence; reoccur from re- ('again') + occur, from Latin occurrere ('to run to meet'), from ob- + currere ('to run'). The historical chain includes Latin occurrere and Latin currere. The quoted older senses, "again", "to run to meet", and "to run", supply the semantic anchors for reoccurrence. The formation is best read as suffixal, compound, and borrowed: the word reoccurrence carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "a repeated happening of an event". Related English forms include reoccur, occur, and occurrence. The result is a noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

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- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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