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recur
What does recur mean?
recur (verb): of an event, situation, etc.: to appear or happen again, especially repeatedly.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce recur?
/ɹɪˈkɝ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does recur come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin recurrō (“to hurry or run back; to return, revert”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘back, backwards’) + currō (“to hasten, hurry; to move, travel; to run”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”)).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to recur
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “recur” mean?
to follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of
Not quite: that's what imitate means.
to pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration
Not quite: that's what compensate means.
of an event, situation, etc.: to appear or happen again, especially repeatedly
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to provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage; to actuate
Not quite: that's what motivate means.
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