Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Return or reversion to a certain state.

    Rückfall, Wiederholung

    возвраще́ниеvozvraščénije, повторе́ниеpovtorénije

  2. (countable, uncountable)The instance of recurring; frequent occurrence.

    Rekurrenz, Rückfall

    рециди́вrecidív

  3. (countable, uncountable)A return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease.

    Near-synonym: relapse

    Rekurrenz, Rückfall

  4. (countable, uncountable)Recourse.

More definitions
  • happening again (especially at regular intervals)

Examples

4 sentences
  1. There's a slight possibility of a recurrence.

    deEs besteht eine geringe Chance auf Wiederkehr.

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  2. The chances of recurrence vary from patient to patient.

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  3. Is a recurrence likely?

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  4. These patients were not responsive to other therapies and had experienced several recurrences of their disease.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
return or reversion to a certain state:
the instance of recurring; frequent occurrence:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
return or reversion to a certain state:
the instance of recurring; frequent occurrence:

Origin

From recurrent + -ence, cognate with Latin recurrentia, from recurrēns (“returning back, r

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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Forms

plural: recurrences
Singularrecurrence
Pluralrecurrences

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
process of recurring:recurrency
instance of recurring:reoccurrence
Close in meaning
  • happening again (especially at regular intervals):return

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

14 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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