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recurrent

/rɪˈkʌrənt/adjective

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बार-बार होने वाला, आवर्ती

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adjective
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    that happens again and again

    बार-बार होने वाला, आवर्ती

    • a recurrent problem
    • recurrent headaches
    • She suffers from recurrent fevers every winter.
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    • Flooding is a recurrent problem in low-lying parts of the city.
    • The hero faces a recurrent nightmare in the story.

    Synonyms repeated recurring persistent frequent chronic

    Opposite one-off isolated occasional rare

◇Word family
recur verbrecurrence noun
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling

re·cur·rent

Double r (not 'recurent'); the verb recur (one r), recurred, recurring (double r).

अक्सर पूछा जाता है: re-cur-rent, दो r ('recurent' गलत है); verb recur (एक r), recurred, recurring (दो r)।

?Which word?

Keep apart recur (happen again) and reoccur (happen again, once).

Recur (बार-बार होना) और reoccur (एक बार फिर होना) को अलग रखिए।

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

A recurrent theme, recurrent expenditure (spent every year, in a budget).

Collocations: a recurrent theme, recurrent expenditure (budget में हर साल का खर्च)।

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General knowledge

Maths: a recurring decimal (0.333...).

गणित में recurring decimal (0.333...)।