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[ ri-kur-uhns, -kuhr- ] / rɪˈkɜr əns, -ˈkʌr- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR recurrence ON THESAURUS.COM
nounan act or instance of recurring. return to a previous condition, habit, subject, etc. recourse. Origin of recurrenceFirst recorded in 1640–50; recur + -ence Words nearby recurrencerecuperate, recuperative, recuperative furnace, recuperator, recur, recurrence, recurrence risk, recurrent, recurrent aphthous ulcers, recurrent artery, recurrent canker sores Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for recurrenceThere is an old Jewish joke about the recurrence of the biblical flood. Time To Stop Demonizing The One-State Solution|Daniel Gavron|April 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST The 91-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II was rushed to hospital on Wednesday with a recurrence of the infection. Philip Out of Hospital|Tom Sykes|August 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST Worse, the recurrence of this whiny, unsympathetic caricature in a writer's work makes an unpleasant statement about the writer. Why Crime Novelists Don't Get Women|Christopher Rice|April 12, 2010|DAILY BEAST Many good stories have rhythm, recurrence, repetition of the leit motiv. Picture-Work|Walter L. (Walter Lowrie) Hervey
An order of recurrence does exist, however, giving the definite form essential to poetry. Studies of Contemporary Poets|Mary C. Sturgeon When a particular phenomenon occurs rarely, the probabilities are strong against the recurrence of it. The English in the West Indies|James Anthony Froude Indeed, at one time it was believed that a recurrence was almost certain to occur. Preventable Diseases|Woods Hutchinson The object of all punishments is evidently to prevent the recurrence of offences, either by others or by the offender himself. The Lieutenant and Commander|Basil Hall
Words related to recurrencerepetition, frequency, return, reappearance, regularity, repetitiveness, habituation, intermittence, reoccurrence Medical definitions for recurrence
n.A return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease, as in relapsing fever. relapse The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |