reoccur

verb

re·​oc·​cur ˌrē-ə-ˈkər 

reoccurred; reoccurring

intransitive verb

: to occur again : to happen another time : recur

took measures to prevent such accidents from reoccurring

The arthritis attacks are sudden and temporary. While they sometimes reoccur, they do not seem to leave permanent damage.

—U.S. News & World Report

reoccurrence

ˌrē-ə-ˈkər-ən(t)s 

ˌrē-ə-ˈkə-rən(t)s

noun

plural reoccurrences

a reoccurrence of infection

Examples of reoccur in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Deterrence Peace lasts when the parties trust that the violence won’t reoccur. — Valerie Morkevicius, The Conversation, 15 Dec. 2025

Mortgage rates have ticked up after recent Fed rate cuts and that dynamic could easily reoccur. — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 17 Dec. 2025

The thought would reoccur, especially as someone who had always vacationed in the mountains to ski and explore throughout her childhood despite living in Nebraska. — Skyler Caruso, People.com, 22 May 2025

Scientists predicted then that these mass mortality events would reoccur more and more frequently as temperatures continued to increase due to global heating. — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1734, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for reoccur

• chauffeur
• cockspur
• concur
• confer
• defer
• demur
• deter
• hotspur
• incur
• infer
• inter
• jagir