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What Does Recurrent Mean?

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The word is an adjective and is obtained from the verb 'recur'. The verb has its origin in Latin and is taken from the word recurrere. It means 'to run'. When something happens again or repeats itself, it is said to be recurring. The word recurrent describes the trait of the thing that keeps recurring. For examples: recurrent dreams suggest you something. It means that same dreams are seen repeatedly.

The term recurrent is also related to anatomy. Recurrent is used to portray something that turns in a reverse direction. It is especially used to explain the orientation or flow of the blood vessels and nerves. Thus, recurrent is synonymous to cyclic, cyclical, isochronal, isochronous, habitual, continued, come again, frequent, intermittent, repetitive, repeated, reoccurring, recurring, periodic and periodical.
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Recurring is a continuous tense of the verb recur. The verb has its origin in Latin and is taken from the word recurrere. It means 'to run'. When something happens again or repeats itself, it is said to be recurring. For example: there was unusually recurring rainfall during the summer this year. It could also mean 'to come back again to one's memory or attention.' For example: her thoughts kept recurring. It means that her memories came to his mind repeatedly.

'Recur' means to come back to a thought or discourse. The thing referred here comes back for consideration or as a question. For example: the proposal kept recurring until it was passed. The verb 'recur' could also mean to have recourse. For example: recur to quit voluntarily.

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