recurring

/ri'kə:riɳ/

Thân thiện

A recurring dream about flying wakes him up each night.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Happening or appearing repeatedly, at regular or irregular intervals: Describes something that occurs again and again, either on a predictable schedule or from time to time.
   • Returning to one's thoughts or attention persistently: Describes a thought, image, or problem that comes back to the mind frequently.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • She has a recurring role on the television series. (She appears in multiple episodes of the show.)
  • I keep having a recurring dream about flying. (The same dream happens to me many times.)
  • The company holds recurring meetings every Monday morning. (The meetings happen regularly each week.)

Advanced Usage

• "Recurring theme": A subject, idea, or motif that appears repeatedly in a work of art, literature, or discussion.
  • A recurring theme in his novels is the struggle for justice.
• "Recurring problem": An issue or difficulty that happens again after being solved or that persists over time.
  • The software has a recurring bug that causes it to crash.
• "Recurring revenue": (Business) Income that a company can expect to continue receiving at regular intervals, such as from subscriptions.
  • The shift to a subscription model created a stream of recurring revenue.

Variants and Related Words

• Recur (verb): To happen or occur again, especially after an interval.
  • If the symptoms recur, you should see a doctor.
• Recurrence (noun): The fact of happening again.
  • There was a recurrence of the conflict last month.
• Recurrent (adjective): Very similar in meaning to "recurring," often used interchangeably. It can sometimes emphasize a more regular or cyclical pattern.
  • She suffers from recurrent migraines.

Synonyms

• Periodic: Happening at regular intervals.
• Repeated: Done or occurring again.
• Persistent: Continuing to exist or occur over a prolonged period.
• Regular: Occurring with consistent frequency.

Related Phrases

• Recurring decimal: (Mathematics) A decimal fraction in which a digit or group of digits repeats infinitely.
  • One-third, written as a decimal, is 0.333..., a recurring decimal.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. coming back
   • a revenant ghost

Từ đồng nghĩa

• revenant