recurrence

Language: en

🇺🇸 /rɪˈkɜrəns/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    The fact or instance of something happening again, especially repeatedly or periodically.; The return of a disease or symptom after a period of improvement or remission.; In mathematics, a relation that defines a sequence recursively, where each term is defined in terms of preceding terms.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable / uncountable Plural: recurrences

Collocations

recurrence ofprevent recurrencerecurrence ratehigh recurrencerisk of recurrence

Derivatives

recurrecurrentrecurrentlyrecurrency

Synonyms

reoccurrencerepetitionreturnreappearancerelapseresurgence

Commonly confused

reoccurrence
EN: 'Reoccurrence' is a less standard variant; 'recurrence' is the preferred and more widely accepted form.
recurrency
EN: 'Recurrency' is a rare and largely obsolete synonym; 'recurrence' is the standard modern term.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember the double 'r' in 'recurrence' (re-cur-rence), reflecting the double 'r' in the verb 'recur'.

💬 Examples

  1. The doctor warned him about the recurrence of the infection.

  2. The recurrence of her symptoms required a new course of treatment.

  3. The Fibonacci sequence is defined by the recurrence F(n) = F(n-1) + F(n-2).