Her recurrent nightmare involved a tsunami.
Source: tatoeba (2355483)
Recurrent
//ɹɪˈkʌɹənt//
Synonyms for "recurrent" (128 found)
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Closest matches (26)
Strong matches (38)
Related words (64)
perennialperiodicalperpetualprevalentpulsingreappearingreciprocalrecurringregularrepeatedrepetitiousrepetitivereturningrevenantrhythmicrhythmicalrotaryround-the-clockroutinerunning
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seamlessseasonalserialserriedsmoothstablesteadystereotypedstraightthematicthick-comingtritetwenty-four-hourubiquitousunbrokenunceasingundifferentiatedundulantundulatoryunendingunforgettableuniformunintermittedunintermittentunintermittinguninterruptedunrelievedunremittingunstoppedusualwavelikewell-troddenwell-wornwheeling
Adjective(8 words)
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1 entriesderived
13 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
44 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- повтарящ се adj (recurring time after time)
- рекурентен adj (math: non-transient)
Catalan
1 entries- recurrent adj (recurring time after time)
Finnish
2 entries- toistuva adj (recurring time after time)
- uusiutuva adj (recurring time after time)
French
2 entries- périodique adj (recurring time after time)
- récurrent adj (recurring time after time)
Galician
1 entries- recorrente adj (recurring time after time)
Georgian
4 entries- განმეორებითი adj (recurring time after time)
- დროდადრო განმეორებადი adj (recurring time after time)
- პერიოდულად განმეორებადი adj (recurring time after time)
- პერიოდული adj (recurring time after time)
German
3 entries- rekurrent adj (math: non-transient)
- wiederholt adj (recurring time after time)
- wiederkehrend adj (recurring time after time)
Hebrew
1 entries- נשנה adj (math: non-transient)
Irish
1 entries- athfhillteach adj (recurring time after time)
Italian
1 entries- ricorrente adj (recurring time after time)
Japanese
1 entries- 再発性の adj (recurring time after time)
Manx
1 entries- aahaghyrtagh adj (recurring time after time)
Māori
3 entries- auau adj (recurring time after time)
- huirangi adj (recurring time after time)
- tāruarua adj (recurring time after time)
Portuguese
2 entries- recorrente adj (recurring time after time)
- recorrente adj (running back toward its origin)
Romanian
3 entries- recurent adj (recurring time after time)
- repetat adj (recurring time after time)
- reînceput adj (recurring time after time)
Russian
4 entries- возвра́тный adj (recurring time after time)
- возвраща́ющийся adj (recurring time after time)
- периоди́ческий adj (recurring time after time)
- повторя́ющийся adj (recurring time after time)
Spanish
2 entries- recurrente adj (recurring time after time)
- recurrente adj (running back toward its origin)
Swedish
1 entries- återkommande adj (recurring time after time)
Turkish
4 entries- nükseden adj (recurring time after time)
- rekurrent adj (math: non-transient)
- reküran adj (recurring time after time)
- rekürent adj (recurring time after time)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
His recurrent nightmare involved a tsunami.
Source: tatoeba (2850463)
Recurrent miscarriage is distinct from infertility, and is defined as two or more failed pregnancies.
Source: tatoeba (4282122)
Mennad had recurrent thoughts of suicide.
Source: tatoeba (8007303)
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