recurred; recurring
1
: to occur or appear again
the cancer recurred
a problem that keeps recurring
2
: to come again to mind
One of the staffer's comments, however, keeps recurring to me.—
Kevin R. Kosar
Kevin R. Kosar3
: to have recourse : resort
… are no longer willing to recur to Congress to repeal unconstitutional laws …—Joe Wolverton
Joe Wolverton4
: to go back in thought or discourse
… on recurring to my letters of that date …—Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonExamples of recur in a Sentence
There is only a slight chance that the disease will recur.
The same problem keeps recurring.
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Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 9 Mar. 2026
This is a recurring trope in mythology, that dogs and horses recognize their masters when people do not.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
Huisman recently starred on Apple TV’s Echo 3 and recurred on Netflix’s The Abandons.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 9 Mar. 2026
The pension pools, apart from serving as a great source of capital that can be deployed in corporate bonds, infrastructure projects and other higher-yielding assets such as private credit, also generate recurring management and performance fees, making the buyout particularly lucrative.
—Leonard Kehnscherper, Bloomberg, 8 Mar. 2026
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recur
verb
re·cur
ri-ˈkər 
recurred; recurring
1
: to go or come back in thought or discussion
2
: to come again into the mind
3
: to occur or appear again
Medical Definition
recur
intransitive verb
re·cur
ri-ˈkər
recurred; recurring
: to occur again after an interval
a disease likely to recur
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