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
- 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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