recur
gb/ɹɪkˈɚ/ us/ɹɪkˈɚ/
B2
Engleză
~ 7500
Sensuri
0 sensuri
Verb
B2
event
1
happen again, often repeatedly
To happen again, usually more than once or in a pattern.
Tipar de utilizare:
for [problem/event] to recur
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners sometimes use "recur" as a transitive verb, for example *"They recurred the test"*, which is incorrect. "Recur" is intransitive: you say "the test recurred" or "the problem recurred." Many learners also confuse "recur" with "reoccur"; both mean "happen again," but "recur" is more common in careful writing, especially for things that happen repeatedly. Spelling mistakes like *"reoccuring"* instead of "recurring" are also frequent.
Sinonime
repeat (More general and common; can be used transitively or intransitively, while "recur" is intransitive and sounds slightly more formal or technical.)
Antonime
stop (If something stops, it does not happen again, which is the opposite of recurring.)
Colocații
symptoms recur
|problems recur
|issue recurs
|recur regularly
|recur periodically
Teme
time
|health
|work
|core_vocabulary
Exemple
- The pain may recur if you stop taking the medication.
- These budget problems seem to recur every year.
- Nightmares began to recur after the accident.
- The same pattern of errors recurs throughout the report.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- The cough may recur in winter.
- The same mistake can recur many times.
- His back pain often recurs after heavy work.
- The festival recurs every August.
Verb
C1
event
2
come back into the mind again
When a thought or memory recurs, it comes into your mind again and again.
Tipar de utilizare:
for [thought/memory] to recur
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners sometimes miss the mental or emotional focus here and think "recur" must always describe outside events. With this sense, it is used for what happens inside the mind: thoughts, memories, images, and dreams recur.
Sinonime
return (Often used in phrases like "the thought returns"; slightly more common and basic, while "recur" sounds more formal or literary in this context.)
Antonime
fade (A memory or thought that fades becomes weaker and does not come back strongly, which contrasts with something that keeps recurring.)
Colocații
memory recurs
|image recurs
|the thought recurs
|idea recurs
|dream recurs
Teme
mind
|emotions
|memory
|health
Exemple
- The memory of that day still recurs unexpectedly.
- The same worrying thought kept recurring throughout the meeting.
- Images of the accident recur in her mind at night.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- The sad memory often recurs in his mind.
- The same idea recurs when I try to sleep.
- Bad dreams recur every time he feels stress.
Verb
formal
C2
action
3
return to a topic or issue
To talk or write about a topic again after leaving it for a time.
Tipar de utilizare:
recur to [a subject/issue/point]
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners may try to use "recur" transitively, for example *"She recurs the topic"*. In this formal sense, it is used with "to": you recur to a topic, question, or issue. This usage is formal and not common in everyday speech; most of the time, "return to" or "go back to" is more natural.
Sinonime
revisit (Common modern verb for returning to a subject; slightly less formal and more frequent than "recur to" in everyday writing.)
Antonime
digress (To digress is to move away from the main subject, which is the opposite direction of recurring to it.)
Colocații
recur to this point
|recur to the question
|recur to the issue
|recur to the main theme
|recur to the topic
Teme
communication
|academia
|education
Exemple
- I shall recur to this question in the final chapter.
- The report briefly recurs to the problem of funding in its conclusion.
- He frequently recurs to this argument when discussing climate policy.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- Later, the writer recurs to this idea.
- At the end, the speaker recurs to the main question.
- In the book, the author often recurs to this story.
Verb
technical
C1
action
4
call or define itself again
In math or computer code, for a rule or function to use itself again and again to get the answer.
Tipar de utilizare:
for [function/algorithm] to recur
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners sometimes confuse "recur" with general repetition in programming. In technical contexts, "recur" usually means the function or definition directly calls itself (recursion), not just any kind of loop or repeated action.
Sinonime
iterate (In computing, "iterate" means to repeat steps in a loop; "recur" specifically implies a function or definition calling itself rather than using an external loop.)
Antonime
terminate (A recurring (recursive) process continues by calling itself again, whereas a terminating process stops and does not call itself further.)
Colocații
the function recurs
|algorithm recurs on each element
|procedure recurs until a base case
|recurs on smaller inputs
|recurs in its own definition
Teme
technology
|mathematics
|education
|science
Exemple
- The function recurs until the base case is reached.
- In this algorithm, the procedure recurs on each subtree of the graph.
- The sequence is defined so that each term recurs in relation to the previous one.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- The program recurs and calls the same function again.
- In this code, the method recurs until the list is empty.
- The formula recurs and uses the last result each time.
Gramatică
Forma de dicționar
recur
IPA
GB/ɹɪkˈɚ/
US/ɹɪkˈɚ/
Silabe și accent
re - cur (2 silabe)
Stress on 2nd syllable (cur)
Forme ale cuvântului
Verb
- Base: recur
- 3rd Person Singular: recurs
- Present Participle: recurring
- Past: recurred
Familie de cuvinte
Forms
recurs
verb
recurring
verb
recurred
verb
Core family
recurrence
noun C1
recurrent
adjective
Related words
recurrently
adverb
Negative and opposite forms
nonrecurring
adjective
Aspecte importante
- Irregular present participle: recurring Verb
- Irregular past: recurred Verb
Expresii
recur to
1/ɹɪkˈɚ tə/
phrasal verb
formal
return again to a subject or memory
To go back to a subject, idea, or memory again after some time away from it.
Exemple
- I will recur to this issue in the conclusion of my talk.
- The same childhood scene often recurs to him when he visits his hometown.
- The article briefly recurs to the question of privacy before ending.