recur

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Synonyms: recut, recup, regur, recr

Antonyms: recut, recup, regur, recr

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Verb

1. Of an [[event#Noun|event]], [[situation]], etc.: to [[appear]] or [[happen#Verb|happen]] [[again#Adverb|again]], especially [[repeatedly]].
2. Of a [[memory]], [[thought#Noun|thought]], etc.: to [[come#Verb|come]] to the [[mind#Noun|mind]] again.
3. {{lb|en|dated}} To [[speak#Verb|speak]], [[think#Verb|think]], or [[write#Verb|write]] about something again; to [[go back]] or [[return#Verb|return]] to a memory, a [[subject#Noun|subject]], etc.
4. {{lb|en|archaic}} ''Followed by'' '''[[to#Preposition|to]]''''', or'' {{lb|en|Scotland|obsolete}} '''[[on#Preposition|on]]''' ''or'' '''[[upon]]''': to have [[recourse#Noun|recourse]] to someone or something for [[assistance]], [[support#Noun|support]], etc.; to [[appeal#Verb|appeal]], to [[resort#Verb|resort]], to [[turn to]].
5. {{lb|en|computing}} {{synonym of|en|recurse|t=to [[execute]] a [[procedure]] [[recursively]]}}.
6. {{lb|en|mathematics}} ''Often in the form'' '''[[recurring#Verb|recurring]]''' ''following a number'': of a [[numeral#Noun|numeral]] or [[group#Noun|group]] of numerals in a [[decimal fraction]]: to [[repeat#Verb|repeat]] [[indefinitely]].
7. {{lb|en|obsolete}}

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