Recur
Meaning of Recur
To occur again or repeatedly.
ما معنى كلمة Recur بالعربي؟
يحدث مرة أخرى أو يتكرر بانتظام
🔄♾️ يحدث مرة أخرى أو يتكرر بانتظام؛ يعود للظهور بشكل دوري؛ نمط تكراري للأحداث أو الأعراض أو الظواهر التي تحدث على فترات زمنية معينة أو عند ظروف مُشابهة 🔄♾️
قصة GL: تكرار التدريبات المعرفية يُقوي الذاكرة والتركيز - يعود للظهور بقوة أكبر، النمط التكراري لتمارين التعلم الجيني عبر 43 يوماً لترسيخ التطوير 🎯
Recur in a sentence
Patterns recur across all age groups.
Costs recur every year.
The breach must not recur.
Spelling mistakes recur until corrected.
Origin of Recur
From Latin recurrere 'to run back'.
In the Genetic Learning (GL) context
In Genetic Learning work led by Naif Talal Al-Essa, recur means to come again. Spaced review makes good words recur in memory.
Recur audio micro-course (transcript)
Podcast 1 — Introduction & meaning
Narrator: Today's word is "Recur" — verb, pronounced /rɪˈkɜː(r)/, with the stress on "cur".
Narrator: To recur is to happen again, or to happen many times.
Narrator: In plain English, it means come back again.
Narrator: It comes from the Latin recurrere, to run back.
Narrator: A common collocation is "a recurring problem", which describes an issue that keeps returning.
Narrator: It differs from "repeat", because repeat is often deliberate, while recur just happens again.
Narrator: In a second sense, a recurring decimal repeats forever, like nought point three three three.
Narrator: Medicine, maths, software and finance all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: to recur is to come round again.
Read podcasts 2 and 3
Podcast 2 — In conversation
Speaker A: Is your headache back?
Speaker B: It keeps RECURRING! It comes from Latin for running back.
Speaker A: See a doctor?
Speaker B: Tomorrow morning.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "The theme recurs through the novel", literature. "If symptoms recur, call us", medicine. "Set a recurring payment", banking.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Double the "r" in "recurred" and "recurring", and do not write "reoccur" in formal English.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Repeat is its cousin, return its twin, and reappear an alternative — yet recur keeps its rhythmic charm!
Podcast 3 — Prompt engineering
Speaker B: Let's use "recur" in AI prompts — useful for calendars and bug tracking.
Speaker A: How for calendars?
Speaker B: Repeat events.
Prompt: Write an iCal rule for a meeting that recurs on the first Monday of every month.
Speaker A: And bug tracking?
Speaker B: Find patterns.
Prompt: Group these error reports and highlight issues that recur after every release.
Speaker A: Could it help billing?
Speaker B: Yes, for subscriptions.
Prompt: Explain how to set up a recurring monthly payment with a free first month.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Health apps.
Prompt: Alert users if the same symptom recurs three times in a week.
Frequently asked questions about Recur
What does Recur mean?
To occur again or repeatedly.
ما معنى كلمة Recur بالعربي؟
يحدث مرة أخرى أو يتكرر بانتظام — 🔄♾️ يحدث مرة أخرى أو يتكرر بانتظام؛ يعود للظهور بشكل دوري؛ نمط تكراري للأحداث أو الأعراض أو الظواهر التي تحدث على فترات زمنية معينة أو عند ظروف مُشابهة 🔄♾️
How do you pronounce Recur?
Recur is pronounced /rɪˈkɜː/ and is used as a verb.
How is Recur used in a sentence?
Patterns recur across all age groups.
What are synonyms of Recur?
repeat, return, come back, reappear, persist, happen again.