recurverb [ I ]
uk/rɪˈkɜːr/us/rɪˈkɝː/-rr-C2 to happen many times or to happen again:
The theme of freedom recurs throughout her writing.
If the pain/problem/trouble, etc. recurs, come and see me.
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- Water, a symbol of life, recurs as an image throughout her poems.
- If the symptoms recur, visit your doctor.
- The theme of loss recurs throughout much of his writing.
- If the problem recurred, we'd have to think again.
- The same ideas recur throughout her books.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Occurring and happening
- afoot
- assail
- asynchronous
- attendant
- be at work idiom
- become
- come
- come up
- concur
- event
- go ahead
- go down
- go hand in hand with sth idiom
- go together
- go with sth
- hand
- happen
- intervene
- materialize
- underway
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