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| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | recurrere 'to run back', from currere 'to run' |
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Related topics: Mathsre‧cur
past tense and past participle recurred, present participle recurring [intransitive]
past tense and past participle recurred, present participle recurring [intransitive]1 if something, especially something bad or unpleasant, recurs, it happens again : 
There is a danger that the disease may recur.
There is a danger that the disease may recur.2 technicalHM if a number or numbers after a decimal point recur, they are repeated for ever in the same order
