recurring

English

Verb

recurring

1. Present participle of recur.

Adjective

recurring

1. Happening frequently, with repetition.

   He has recurring asthma attacks.

   Revenge is a recurring theme in this novel.

2. (mathematics) Of a decimal: having a set of digits that is repeated indefinitely.

   Every rational number can be written as either a terminating decimal or a recurring decimal.

Synonyms

• recurrent
• repetetive

Translations

happening frequently

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Dutch: (zich) herhalend, terugkerend

Finnish: toistuva (fi) German: (immer, periodisch) wiederkehrend (de) Turkish: devirli (tr), (trade) tekrar eden (tr) (tekrār eden), tekrarlayan (tr), yinelenen (tr)

math:having a set of digits that is repeated indefinitely

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

Finnish: jaksollinen (fi) Polish: okresowy (pl) m.

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French: récurrent, répété, répétitif