Recurrent - English meaning

adjective

(of an illness) persisting for a long time or constantly recurring.

Usage examples:

Chronic bronchitis

adjective

(esp. of a disease or something bad) continuing for a long time

Usage examples:

Mr. george is resigning because of chronic heart disease., there is a chronic shortage of teachers.…

adjective

(especially of a disease or something bad) continuing for a long time

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Chronic condition the study looks at adults with chronic conditions such as asthma and diabetes., c…

adjective

Forming a sequence in which the same action or event is repeated frequently.

Usage examples:

His plane went down after continual attacks

Occurring without interruption

adjective

Occurring in cycles; regularly repeated.

Usage examples:

The cyclic pattern of the last two decades

adjective

Relating to or involving a cycle of events (= a set of events that are repeated regularly in the same order)

Usage examples:

Tourism industry experts said us appetites for travel are cyclic., cyclic changes in a star's posit…

adjective

Occurring in cycles; recurrent.

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The cyclical nature of the cement industry

adjective

Occurring or done many times at short intervals.

Usage examples:

Frequent changes in policy

verb

Visit (a place) often.

Usage examples:

Pubs frequented by soldiers

adjective

Happening often; common

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She makes frequent trips home to beijing., i frequently disagree with him., i moved much more frequ…

adjective

Done constantly or as a habit.

Usage examples:

His habitual use of heroin

adjective

Usual or repeated

Usage examples:

Longer prison sentences will help keep habitual criminals off the streets., she was habitually late.

adjective

Occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady.

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Intermittent rain

adjective

Not happening regularly or continuously; stopping and starting repeatedly or with long periods in between

Usage examples:

It rained intermittently all day.

adjective

Different to what is usual or expected; strange.

Usage examples:

The neighbours thought him very odd

adjective

Strange or unexpected

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An odd person, that’s odd – i thought i left my glasses on the table but they’re not here., he’s go…

adjective

Lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time; enduring or continually recurring.

Usage examples:

His perennial distrust of the media

noun

A perennial plant.

Usage examples:

Perennials will transform the garden in summer

adjective

Lasting a long time, or happening repeatedly or all the time

Usage examples:

Each year, the nation’s marketers try to answer the perennial question, what do consumers really wa…

adjective

Appearing or occurring at intervals.

Usage examples:

The periodic visits she made to her father

adjective

Happening repeatedly in a fixed pattern

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He suffers periodic mental breakdowns.

adjective

Occurring again periodically or repeatedly.

Usage examples:

Gratitude is a recurring theme in the book

verb

Occur again periodically or repeatedly.

Usage examples:

When the symptoms recurred, the doctor diagnosed something different

adjective

Happening or being done, paid, etc. regularly, rather than on only one occasion

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Recurring revenues/costs/expenses the company returned to growth last year with recurring revenues …

adjective

Arranged in or constituting a constant or definite pattern, especially with the same space between individual instances.

Usage examples:

Plant the flags at regular intervals

noun

A regular customer, member of a team, etc.

Usage examples:

Pub regulars

adjective

Happening repeatedly in a fixed pattern, with equal or similar amounts of space or time between one and the next

Usage examples:

A regular heartbeat, working regular hours, trees were planted at regular intervals along the avenu…

adjective

Done or occurring again several times in the same way.

Usage examples:

There were repeated attempts to negotiate

verb

Say again something one has already said.

Usage examples:

‘are you hurt?’ he repeated

adjective

Happening again and again

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Repeated attempts/warnings, he has repeatedly denied being there.

adjective

Containing or characterized by repetition, especially when unnecessary or tiresome.

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A repetitive task

adjective

Expressed or happening in the same way many times

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A repetitive task, a series of repetitive motions, [ u ] it takes time, patience, and repetition to…

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of a particular season of the year.

Usage examples:

A selection of seasonal fresh fruit

adjective

Available or happening during one of the four parts of a year

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Seasonal jobs/work, seasonal fruits and vegetables, seasonal decorations

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Relating to, available, or happening during a particular period of the year

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A seasonal employee/worker, a seasonal business/job, seasonal demand/employment/work, seasonal crop…

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Occurring or done in brief, irregular bursts.

Usage examples:

Spasmodic fighting continued

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Happening suddenly for short periods of time and not in a regular way

Usage examples:

He made spasmodic attempts to clean up the house.

adjective

Occurring at irregular intervals or only in a few places; scattered or isolated.

Usage examples:

Sporadic fighting broke out

adjective

Not happening or appearing in a pattern; not continuous or regular

Usage examples:

She makes sporadic trips to europe., the storm caused sporadic flooding throughout the region., i’v…