recur

Definition

Examples

The software error continues to recur every time we restart the server.

Word Family

Synonyms

• repeatan event that repeats
• reappearappear again

Collocations

• Easy headache recurs every morning
  describing headache recurs every morning (something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness)
• Medium prevent software bugs from recurring
  to prevent software bugs from recurring, meaning to keep from happening or arising; make impossible
• Hard recur at predictable cyclical intervals
  to recur at predictable cyclical intervals, meaning to happen or occur again
• Very Hard a recurring dilemma fraught with ethical pitfalls
  referring to a recurring dilemma fraught with ethical pitfalls