adj ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Recurring; happening time after time. not-comparable

   "The patient complained of recurrent chest pain."

2. 2
   Non-transient. not-comparable
3. 3
   Running back toward its origin. not-comparable

   "a recurrent nerve or artery"

4. 4
   Turned back toward the base. not-comparable

Adjective

1. 1
   recurring again and again wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

continualperiodicpersistentalternatearticulatedautomatic

Antonyms

All antonyms

precurrenttransient

Example

More examples

"Her recurrent nightmare involved a tsunami."

Etymology

From Latin recurrens, present participle of recurrere. Morphologically recur + -ent.

Related phrases

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