recurrence

See also: récurrence

English

Etymology

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recurrent +‎ -ence, cognate with Latin recurrentia, from recurrēns (“returning back, recurring”), form of recurrō (“I return, I recur”) (English recur).

Noun

recurrence (countable and uncountable, plural recurrences)

1. Return or reversion to a certain state.
2. The instance of recurring; frequent occurrence.
   • I. Taylor

     I shall insensibly go on from a rare to a frequent recurrence to the dangerous preparations.

3. A return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease.
4. Recourse.

Synonyms

• (instance of recurring): reoccurrence; see also Thesaurus:reoccurrence

Hyponyms

• recrudescence
• reemergence
• resurgence

Related terms

• recur
• recurrent
• recursive
• recursivity
• recursion

Translations

return or reversion to a certain state

• Esperanto: reokazo
• French: récurrence (fr) f
• Romanian: repetare (ro) f, reîncepere (ro) f, reîntoarcere (ro) f
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• Russian: возвраще́ние (ru) n (vozvraščénije), повторе́ние (ru) n (povtorénije)
• Spanish: recurrencia f

the instance of recurring; frequent occurrence

• French: récurrence (fr) f
• German: Rekurrenz (de) f
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• Manx: aahaghyrt m
• Russian: рециди́в (ru) m (recidív)

a return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease

• Finnish: uusiutuma, uusiutuminen
• French: récurrence (fr) f
• German: Rekurrenz (de) f
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• Maori: matahoki
• Spanish: recaída (es) f

recourse — see recourse

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “recurrence”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.