Meanings
comparative more recurring · superlative most recurring
- Happening or occurring frequently, with repetition.
He has recurring asthma attacks.
1 more example
Revenge is a recurring theme in this novel.
Synonyms: recurrent
- not comparablemathematicsOf 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.
plural recurrings
- A recurrence; a coming round again.
Winter, here, is a dimension of all reality, not one-fourth of the spiritual year's endless recurrings.
2009, Martin E. Marty, A Cry of Absence: Reflections for the Winter of the Heart, page 21Synonyms: reiteration, repeat
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of recur
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHappening or occurring frequently, with repetition.
nounA recurrence; a coming round again.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan recurrent, periòdic
- recurrenthappening frequently
- periòdicmath:having a set of digits that is repeated indefinitely
Chinese Mandarin 循环的, 反复的
- 循环的happening frequently
- 反复的happening frequently
- 循环的math:having a set of digits that is repeated indefinitely
Czech opakovaný, opakující se
- opakovanýhappening frequently
- opakující sehappening frequently
- vracející sehappening frequently
- periodickýmath:having a set of digits that is repeated indefinitely
Dutch (zich) herhalend, terugkerend
- (zich) herhalendhappening frequently
- terugkerendhappening frequently
Finnish toistuva, jaksollinen
- toistuvahappening frequently
- jaksollinenmath:having a set of digits that is repeated indefinitely
French périodique
- périodiquemath:having a set of digits that is repeated indefinitely
German (immer, periodisch) wiederkehrend
- (immer, periodisch) wiederkehrendhappening frequently
Greek περιοδικός
- περιοδικός (periodikós)math:having a set of digits that is repeated indefinitely
Hungarian visszatérő, ismétlődő
- visszatérőhappening frequently
- ismétlődőhappening frequently
Irish athfhillteach
- athfhillteachhappening frequently
Italian periodico
- periodicomath:having a set of digits that is repeated indefinitely
Latin recidīvus
- recidīvushappening frequently
Māori huirangi
- huirangihappening frequently
Polish okresowy
- okresowymath:having a set of digits that is repeated indefinitely
Portuguese recorrente, periódico
- recorrentehappening frequently
- periódicomath:having a set of digits that is repeated indefinitely
Russian повторяющийся, периоди́ческий
- повторяющийся (povtorjajuščijsja)happening frequently
- периоди́ческий (periodíčeskij)happening frequently
Spanish recurrente, periódico
- recurrentehappening frequently
- periódicomath:having a set of digits that is repeated indefinitely
Turkish devirli, tekrar eden
- devirlihappening frequently
- tekrar edenhappening frequently
- tekrarlayanhappening frequently
- yinelenenhappening frequently
Cite this entry
recurring. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recurring
“recurring.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recurring. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recurring,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recurring.
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