Antonyms for recurrent

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ri-kur-uhnt, -kuhr-

Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈkɜr ənt, -ˈkʌr-

Definition of recurrent

Origin : 1610s, from Middle French recurrent (16c.) and directly from Latin recurrentem (nominative recurrens), present participle of recurrere "run back, hasten back, return" (see recur). From 1590s as a noun ("recurrent muscle").

adj repeating

Example sentences :

She was dismayed to find that temptation was a recurrent thing.
Extract from : « Olive in Italy » by Moray Dalton

The cry of corruption is a recurrent note in the history of democracies.
Extract from : « Union and Democracy » by Allen Johnson

Can science find no check upon these recurrent forms of disease?
Extract from : « A Daughter of the Middle Border » by Hamlin Garland

Alone, the thought of him was recurrent, no matter how resolutely she cast it forth.
Extract from : « The Pagan Madonna » by Harold MacGrath

When it is caused by agents in the blood, it may be intermittent or recurrent.
Extract from : « Special Report on Diseases of the Horse » by United States Department of Agriculture

It is not a deadly fever, but it is recurrent and weakening.
Extract from : « In Africa » by John T. McCutcheon

It was a steady, recurrent noise, a buzzing, monotonous click.
Extract from : « The Speaker, No. 5: Volume II, Issue 1 » by Various

Local invasion in force is essentially continuous or recurrent.
Extract from : « Introduction to the Science of Sociology » by Robert E. Park

It was in my first of twenty-eight years of recurrent canvassing.
Extract from : « Shadow and Light » by Mifflin Wistar Gibbs

A recurrent smile beamed on his face when hearing and observing her.
Extract from : « Diana of the Crossways, Complete » by George Meredith

Synonyms for recurrent

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