RECUR (recurred, recurring)
Dictionary entry overview: What does recur mean?
• RECUR (verb)
The verb RECUR has 3 senses:
1. happen or occur again
2. return in thought or speech to something
3. have recourse to
Familiarity information: RECUR used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• RECUR (verb)
Meaning:
Happen or occur again
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
recur; repeat
Context example:
This is a recurring story
Hypernyms (to "recur" is one way to...):
come about; fall out; go on; hap; happen; occur; pass; pass off; take place (come to pass)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "recur"):
iterate (run or be performed again)
cycle (recur in repeating sequences)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Return in thought or speech to something
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
recur; go back
Hypernyms (to "recur" is one way to...):
come back; hark back; recall; return (go back to something earlier)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Have recourse to
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
resort; recur; fall back
Context example:
The government resorted to rationing meat
Hypernyms (to "recur" is one way to...):
apply; employ; use; utilise; utilize (put into service; make work or employ (something) for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
