recurring

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈkɜːɹɪŋ/
  • (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈkɝɪŋ/
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  • (Indic) IPA(key): /rɪˈkɜrɪŋ(ɡ)/, /ˈrɛkərɪŋ(ɡ)/, /rɪkəˈrɪŋ(ɡ)/

Verb

recurring

  1. present participle and gerund of recur

Adjective

recurring (comparative more recurring, superlative most recurring)

  1. Happening or occurring frequently, with repetition.
    He has recurring asthma attacks.
    Revenge is a recurring theme in this novel.
  2. (mathematics, not comparable) Of a decimal: having a set of digits that is repeated indefinitely.
    Every rational number can be written as either a terminating decimal or a recurring decimal.

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Noun

recurring (plural recurrings)

  1. A recurrence; a coming round again.
    • 2009, Martin E. Marty, A Cry of Absence: Reflections for the Winter of the Heart, page 21:
      Winter, here, is a dimension of all reality, not one-fourth of the spiritual year's endless recurrings.

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