Dictionary

recurrence en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /rəˈkɝ.əns/ (General-American)

Etymology

From recurrent + -ence, cognate with Latin recurrentia, from recurrēns (“returning back, recurring”), form of recurrō (“to return, to recur”) (English recur).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Return or reversion to a certain state.
2. (countable, uncountable) The instance of recurring; frequent occurrence.
   • I shall insensibly go on from a rare to a frequent recurrence to the dangerous preparations. 1860, Isaac Taylor, Logic in Theolog, Without Controversy:
3. (countable, uncountable) A return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease.
   • Near-synonym: relapse
4. (countable, uncountable) Recourse.

Forms

Antonyms

remission

Deriveds

eternal recurrence · recurrence relation · Poincaré recurrence time · null recurrence · nonrecurrence · prerecurrence · postrecurrence · positive recurrence · recurrence time · oligorecurrence

Hyponyms

reemergence · recrudescence · resurgence

Relateds

recur · recursivity · recursion · recursive · recurrent

Synonyms

recurrency (process of recurring) · relapse · reoccurrence (instance of recurring)

Translations (37)

ota تكرار (return or reversion to a certain state) · es recurrencia (return or reversion to a certain state) · eo reokazo (return or reversion to a certain state) · bg връщане (return or reversion to a certain state) · de Rückfall (the instance of recurring; frequent occurrence) · pt reversão (return or reversion to a certain state) · ro reîncepere (return or reversion to a certain state) · de Rückfall (return or reversion to a certain state) · de Rekurrenz (the instance of recurring; frequent occurrence) · ja 復帰 (return or reversion to a certain state) · de Rückfall (a return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease) · ja 再発 (a return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease) · gv aahaghyrt (the instance of recurring; frequent occurrence) · fr récurrence (the instance of recurring; frequent occurrence) · ja 再現 (the instance of recurring; frequent occurrence) · fr récurrence (return or reversion to a certain state) · de Wiederholung (return or reversion to a certain state) · ru возвраще́ние (return or reversion to a certain state) · ro repetare (return or reversion to a certain state) · pt retorno (return or reversion to a certain state) · fi uusiutuminen (a return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease) · ja 再発 (the instance of recurring; frequent occurrence) · bg рецидив (a return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease) · ro reîntoarcere (return or reversion to a certain state) · ru повторе́ние (return or reversion to a certain state) · pt recorrência (the instance of recurring; frequent occurrence) · ja 回帰 (return or reversion to a certain state) · pt volta (return or reversion to a certain state) · fr récurrence (a return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease) · fi uusiutuma (a return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease) · ru рециди́в (the instance of recurring; frequent occurrence) · mi matahoki (a return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease) · pt recorrência (a return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease) · de Rekurrenz (a return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease) · bg повторение (return or reversion to a certain state) · bg повторение (the instance of recurring; frequent occurrence) · es recaída (a return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease)