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verb · 2 syllables · /rɪˈkɜːr/

RECUR

What does "RECUR" mean?

To happen again, especially repeatedly or at intervals.

Meanings

  1. To occur again, especially periodically or repeatedly. The same nightmare would recur for months after the accident.
  2. To come back to the mind; to be thought of again. An old doubt recurred to her as she signed the lease. formal

Word origin

From Latin 'recurrere', 'to run back', from 're-' ('back, again') plus 'currere' ('to run'), the same root behind 'current' and 'cursor'.

Remember it

RE-CUR: a 're-run' that keeps running back to you, like a dog that won't stay gone.

A little poem

The fever breaks, then settles in again,
a tide that learned the shoreline as a home-
what leaves you knows the way back, and it comes.

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What it teaches

What you refuse to face does not vanish; it just learns to come back wearing a new mask.

Quick facts

What does RECUR mean?

To happen again, especially repeatedly or at intervals.

Is RECUR a valid word?

Yes — RECUR is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.

How many letters is RECUR?

RECUR has 5 letters and 2 syllables.

Where does RECUR come from?

From Latin 'recurrere', 'to run back', from 're-' ('back, again') plus 'currere' ('to run'), the same root behind 'current' and 'cursor'.

What can RECUR teach us?

What you refuse to face does not vanish; it just learns to come back wearing a new mask.

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