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# recurrent

«recurrent» in Mova's school dictionary: **Happening again and again, many times: a recurrent dream** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (recurrent)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Happening again and again, many times: a recurrent dream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recurrent/#m1)

2) (maths, advanced) A recurring decimal repeats forever: 1 ÷ 3 = 0.333… (the usual word is «recurring»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recurrent/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and health: «recurrent headaches», «a recurrent nightmare». In science, patterns that come back are recurrent. In maths the word «recurring» is more common for decimals that repeat, such as 0.666…; «recurrent» means the same idea of coming back. Phrases: «recurrent problem», «recurrent theme», «recurrent illness».

### examples

- He has a recurrent dream about flying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recurrent/#x1)
- Flooding is a recurrent problem in this town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recurrent/#x2)
- Friendship is a recurrent theme in her books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recurrent/#x3)
- The doctor asked about her recurrent coughs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recurrent/#x4)
- 2 ÷ 3 gives a recurring decimal, 0.666…. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recurrent/#x5)
- Recurrent rain ruined our holiday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recurrent/#x6)

### note

Similar: recurring, repeated, frequent. Verb: recur (recurs, recurred — double r). Spelling: re-CUR-rent (double r). In maths, prefer «recurring decimal».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «recurrent» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recurrent/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.