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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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
This will automatically give consent to join the BK Text Club and receive recurring telemarketing messages from Burger King.
—Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
In what has become a recurring theme, Israel’s first occupation of Gaza was also enabled by Western powers.
—Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
The recurring event was first launched in 2013 and is put on by a collective that includes DJ Oscar Nunez, DJ Adam Rhodes and illustrator Mohammed Fayaz.
—Mikelle Street, Them., 3 Nov. 2025
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“Recur.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recur. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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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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