recurrence
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 18
- Letters
- 10
Definition of recurrence
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)Return or reversion to a certain state.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)Return or reversion to a certain state.
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(countable, uncountable)The instance of recurring; frequent occurrence.
“I shall insensibly go on from a rare to a frequent recurrence to the dangerous preparations.”
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(countable, uncountable)A return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease.
“Near-synonym: relapse”
- (countable, uncountable)Recourse.
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Etymology
From recurrent + -ence, cognate with Latin recurrentia, from recurrēns (“returning back, recurring”), form of recurrō (“to return, to recur”) (English recur).
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