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- Dictionaryrecurrent/rɪˈkʌrənt/
adjective
- 1. occurring often or repeatedly: "she had a recurrent dream about falling"
- 2. (of a nerve or blood vessel) turning back so as to reverse direction: "the recurrent nerve leaves the hypocerebral ganglion"
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RECURRENT definition: 1. happening again many times: 2. A recurrent blood vessel or nerve turns back to run in the…. Learn more.
The meaning of RECURRENT is running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course —used of various nerves and branches of vessels in the arms and legs. How to use recurrent in a sentence.
adjective. that recurs; occurring or appearing again, especially repeatedly or periodically. Synonyms: intermittent, persistent, repeated. Anatomy. turned back so as to run in a reverse direction, as a nerve, artery, branch, etc. recurrent.
Recurrent means something that happens repeatedly. The word recurrent comes from a Latin word meaning "to return or come back." A recurrent dream, good or bad, keeps coming back. You'll hear this word used often about abstract things like dreams, thoughts, and in literature, themes.
A recurrent event or feeling happens or is experienced more than once. Race is a recurrent theme in the work. ...buildings in which staff suffer recurrent illness.
1. happening or tending to happen again or repeatedly. 2. (Anatomy) anatomy (of certain nerves, branches of vessels, etc) turning back, so as to run in the opposite direction. reˈcurrently adv. reˈcurrence n.
Definition of recurrent adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
recurrent meaning, definition, what is recurrent: happening or appearing several times: Learn more.
occurring or appearing again, esp. repeatedly or periodically. Anatomy, Biology turned back so as to run in a reverse direction, as a nerve, artery, branch, etc. Latin recurrent- (stem of recurrēns ), present participle of recurrere to run back, equivalent. to recurr ( ere) (see recur) + -ent- - ent. 1590–1600.
Appearing or occurring again or periodically. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Turning back in the opposite direction. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Recurring time after time. The patient complained of recurrent chest pain. Wiktionary. (mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) Non- transient. Wiktionary. Synonyms:
