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Definition: RECURRING |
RECURRINGPersonal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Recur |
Date "RECURRING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1602. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Regularity of recurrence Periodicity | Adjective: periodic, periodical; serial, recurrent, cyclical, rhythmical; recurring; Verb: intermittent, remittent; alternate, every other. |
Repetition | Adjective: repeated; Verb: repetitional, repetitionary; recurrent, recurring; ever recurring, thick coming; frequent, incessant; redundant, pleonastic. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | This is like a recurring dream I used to have. (Arabesque; writing credit: Gordon Cotler; Julian Mitchell) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | "Well Doc, it's a recurring pain!".Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Recurring intolerance of fatty foods. (references) | |
After cardioversion, drugs are usually prescribed to prevent the arrhythmia from recurring. (references) | ||
Instead of appearing gradually, angina may first appear as a very severe episode or as frequently recurring bouts of angina. (references) | ||
Business | For the past three years, government health expenditures focused on recurring expenses with little or no expenditures on replacing or refurbishing capital equipment. (references) | |
In cases were a foreign company intends to import equipment on a recurring basis, authorities may require a visit from Ukrainian standards specialists to the importer's production facility. (references) | ||
Economic History | Tunisia | EXTENSIVE INVESTMENT IN IRRIGATION HAS REDUCED THE IMPACT OF RECURRING DROUGHT PERIODS. (references) |
Somalia | Major climatic factors are a year-round hot climate, seasonal monsoon winds, and irregular rainfall with recurring droughts. (references) | |
Chile | Mass demonstrations, recurring strikes, violence by both government supporters and opponents, and widespread rural unrest ensued in response to the general deterioration of the economy. (references) | |
Human Rights | Taiwan | Nevertheless there are credible reports that the physical abuse or the threat of abuse of prisoners is a recurring investigative technique. (references) |
Indigenous People | Brazil | However, the report noted many problems faced by the indigenous, including disease and poor health care, loss of native culture, and recurring trespasses and illegal mining and extraction activities on indigenous lands. (references) |
Minorities | Nigeria | During the past 2 years, the middle-belt has experienced recurring ethno-religious violence. (references) |
Political Economy | Burma | Although bad weather and recurring drought have played a large role in the decline in opium cultivation, there is some evidence that government programs to reduce opium production through eradication and crop substitution are having effect. (references) |
Worker Rights | Chile | Sanctions are increased in cases in which the victim is a minor; in which violence or intimidation is used; if deception or abuse of authority is involved; if the victim is related or under the tutelage of the perpetrator; if advantage is taken of a victim's circumstances or handicap; or if the action is of a recurring nature. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | In the mean time, by payments of the principal of our debt, we are liberating annually portions of the external taxes and forming from them a growing fund still further to lessen the necessity of recurring to extraordinary resources. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | Objects of deep importance to the welfare of the Union are constantly recurring to demand the attention of the Federal Legislature, and they call with accumulated interest at the first meeting of the two Houses after their periodical renovation. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | For our own country, it has been a time of recurring trial. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "RECURRING" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 69.64% of the time. "RECURRING" is used about 168 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 69.64% | 117 | 29,823 |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 26.19% | 44 | 51,500 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.98% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (singular) | 1.19% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 168 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "RECURRING": non recurring capital cost ♦ recurring curve ♦ recurring decimal ♦ recurring endowment assurance ♦ recurring expenses ♦ recurring fever ♦ recurring polynya ♦ recurring series. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "RECURRING": ever-recurring. | |
Containing "RECURRING": non-recurring amount. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "RECURRING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | periodik (etesian, periodic, recurrent, seriate, seriated). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تناوبي (fitful), تواتري, دوري (cyclic, periodic, periodical, recurrent, repeating). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | затворена крива (recurring curve), периодична десетична дроб (recurring decimal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 复发 (recur, Recurred, relapse, Relapsed, relapsing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vracející se (recessive, recurrent), opakující se (iterant, repetitive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | recurrent (recurrent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | recurrente wakvlakte (recurring polynya), weerkerende eenheid (recurring unit, repeating unit, structural unit), syndroom van Franceschetti (Franceschetti syndrome, Franceschetti's syndrome, Franceschetti-Zwahlen syndrome, mandibulofacial dysostosis, recidivating erosion of the cornea, recurring erosion of the cornea, Treacher Collins syndrome), structuureenheid (recurring unit, repeating unit, structural unit), structurele eenheid (recurring unit, repeating unit, structural unit), secundaire hemorrhagie (recurring haemorrhage, secondary bleeding), periodieke ontwangst (recurrent receipt, recurring receipt), periodieke inkomste (recurrent receipt, recurring receipt), periodiek terugkerend (recurring in cycles), nabloeding (recurring haemorrhage, secondary bleeding), gemengde verzekering met periodieke kapitaaluitkeringen (recurring endowment assurance), cariesrecidief (recurring caries). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | päättymätön (unfinished). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | récurrent (recurrent), récurrent (recurrent), qui revient souvent, périodique (recurrent, repeating, review). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | wiederkehrend (recurrent, recurrently), periodisch (circular, cyclic, cyclical, intermittent, oscillatory, periodic, periodic (niet: periodical), periodical, periodically, regular). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κεράτινο επιθήλιο (recidivating erosion of the cornea, recurring erosion of the cornea), υποτροπιάζον υποθήλαιο απόστημα (recurring sub-areolar abscess), υποτροπιάζουσα ηπατίτις (recurring hepatitis), υποτροπή της τερηδόνας (recurring caries), επιθήλιο κεράτινης στιβάδας (recidivating erosion of the cornea, recurring erosion of the cornea), επαναλαμβανόμενη polynya (recurring polynya), επαναλαμβανόμενη μεικτή ασφάλιση (recurring endowment assurance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מחזורי (circulating, cyclic, periodic, rotary), ש " (repeated). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | visszatérõ (circular, pass out, recurrent, re-entrant), kiújuló, ismétlõdõ (iterative, recurrent), felújuló (recurrent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | periodico (journal, magazine, oscillatory, periodic, periodic (niet: periodical), periodical, recurrent, review, serial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 循'小数 (recurring decimal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | じゅ"か"しょうすう (recurring decimal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 재발 (recurrence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | beayn (chronic, constant, durable, eternal, evergreen, firm, immortal, infinite, interminable, lifelong, longstanding, permanent, steady, sustained, timeless), aafilltagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ecurringray recidiva da cárie dentária (recurring caries), seguro misto de pagamentos intercalares (recurring endowment assurance), hepatite recidivante (recurring hepatitis), erosão recidivante da córnea (recidivating erosion of the cornea, recurring erosion of the cornea). (various references) curbã închisã (recurring curve), cifre periodice (recurring decimal). (various references) текущий (current, flowing, instant, operating, processor-active, running, then current, then-current, unfunded). (various references) koji se vraća. (various references) periódico (gazette, journal, magazine, newspaper, paper, periodic, periodical). (various references) återkommande (periodic, recurrent, repetitive). (various references) yinelenen (recurrent, repeated), tekrarlayan (iterative, recurrent, repetitious, repetitive), devirli (cyclic, cyclical, periodic, periodical, recurrent). (various references) поточний (actual, current, instant, operating, ruling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | densae, densarum, densum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "RECURRING": nonrecurring. (additional references) | |
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"RECURRING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: recarving, reccuring, recorking, recuring, recurrring, reocuring, reocurring. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "RECURRING" (pronounced riker"ing or rēker"ing) |
| 6 | r i k er" i ng | nonrecurring. |
| 4 | -k er" i ng | concurring, incurring, occurring. |
| 3 | -er" i ng | blurring, conferring, deferring, demurring, deterring, inferring, preferring, purring, referring, slurring, spurring, stirring, transferring, whirring. |
| 4 | -k er" i ng | concurring, incurring, nonrecurring, occurring. |
| 3 | -er" i ng | blurring, conferring, deferring, demurring, deterring, inferring, preferring, purring, referring, slurring, spurring, stirring, transferring, whirring. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-g-i-n-r-r-r-u" | |
-2 letters: cringer, currier, curring, reincur. | |
-3 letters: cering, cringe, cueing, curing, currie, erring, ringer, ruiner. | |
-4 letters: crier, cuing, curer, curie, genic, incur, inure, nicer, recur, reign, renig, rerig, rerun, ricer, ruing, runic, unrig, ureic, urger, urine. | |
-5 letters: cine, cire, cure, curn, curr, ecru, genu, gien, girn, grin, grue, nice, rein, rice, ring, ruer, ruin, rune, rung, unci, urge, uric. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-g-i-n-r-r-r-u" | |
+2 letters: reincurring, reoccurring. | |
+3 letters: nonrecurring, resurrecting. | |
+4 letters: restructuring, undercarriage. | |
+5 letters: prestructuring, undercarriages. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 45 43 55 52 52 49 4E 47 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . -.-. ..- .-. .-. .. -. --. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01000101 01000011 01010101 01010010 01010010 01001001 01001110 01000111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R E C U R R I N G |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0045 0043 0055 0052 0052 0049 004E 0047 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)523937555252434841 |
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