Recurrent
[rɪ'kʌr(ə)nt] or [rɪ'kɝənt]
Definition
(a.) Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent pains.
(a.) Running back toward its origin; as, a recurrent nerve or artery.
Editor: Rufus
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Returning (at intervals), renewed, reiterated.
Checker: Rosalind
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Returning, periodic, frequent, repeated, reiterated, intermittent
ANT:Momentary, continuous, unbroken, unintermitted, solitary, transitory,evanescent
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Examples
- Needless to say, this weak aristocratic republic, with its recurrent royal elections, invited aggression from all three of its neighbours. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Repeated responses to recurrent stimuli may fix a habit of acting in a certain way. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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