Meanings
verbrecurse (third-person singular simple present recurses, present participle recursing, simple past and past participle recursed)
present singular third person recurses · participle present recursing · participle past recursed · past recursed
- intransitiveproscribedsometimescomputingTo execute a procedure recursively.
The algorithm then recurses on the children of the current tree node.
Synonyms: recur
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo execute a procedure recursively.
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Origin
Back-formation from recursion.
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Swedish rekursera
- rekurseraTranslations
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with recurse
universereversenurseworsediverseversepurseconversetraversetransversereimburseperversedisperseimmerseaversecoerceterseobversehearsemultiversedisbursepersebursea blessing and a curse
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APA
recurse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recurse
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“recurse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recurse. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recurse,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recurse.
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