recur

//rɪˈkɜːr//
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Verb

recurInfinitive
recurPresent tense
recurredPast tense
recurredPast participle
recurringPresent participle
recursThird-person singular
1

To happen or occur again, especially repeatedly or periodically.

The same problem keeps recurring every few months.

2

To return to one's mind or memory; to come back in thought.

The memory of that day keeps recurring to me.

3

(Mathematics) To be defined in terms of a previous term or terms in a sequence.

In this sequence, each term recurs based on the sum of the two preceding terms.