Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to recur
Participle: recured; recurred
Gerund: recuring; recurring
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | recur |
| you | recur |
| he;she;it | recurs |
| we | recur |
| you | recur |
| they | recur |
Perfect
| I | have recured; recurred |
| you | have recured; recurred |
| he;she;it | has recured; recurred |
| we | have recured; recurred |
| you | have recured; recurred |
| they | have recured; recurred |
Past
| I | recured; recurred |
| you | recured; recurred |
| he;she;it | recured; recurred |
| we | recured; recurred |
| you | recured; recurred |
| they | recured; recurred |
Pluperfect
| I | had recured; recurred |
| you | had recured; recurred |
| he;she;it | had recured; recurred |
| we | had recured; recurred |
| you | had recured; recurred |
| they | had recured; recurred |
Future
| I | will recur |
| you | will recur |
| he;she;it | will recur |
| we | will recur |
| you | will recur |
| they | will recur |
Future Perfect
| I | will have recured; recurred |
| you | will have recured; recurred |
| he;she;it | will have recured; recurred |
| we | will have recured; recurred |
| you | will have recured; recurred |
| they | will have recured; recurred |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | recur |
| you | recur |
| he;she;it | recur |
| we | recur |
| you | recur |
| they | recur |
Perfect
| I | have recured; recurred |
| you | have recured; recurred |
| he;she;it | have recured; recurred |
| we | have recured; recurred |
| you | have recured; recurred |
| they | have recured; recurred |
Imperfect
| I | recured; recurred |
| you | recured; recurred |
| he;she;it | recured; recurred |
| we | recured; recurred |
| you | recured; recurred |
| they | recured; recurred |
Pluperfect
| I | had recured; recurred |
| you | had recured; recurred |
| he;she;it | had recured; recurred |
| we | had recured; recurred |
| you | had recured; recurred |
| they | had recured; recurred |
Conditional
Present
| I | would recur |
| you | would recur |
| he;she;it | would recur |
| we | would recur |
| you | would recur |
| they | would recur |
Perfect
| I | would have recured; recurred |
| you | would have recured; recurred |
| he;she;it | would have recured; recurred |
| we | would have recured; recurred |
| you | would have recured; recurred |
| they | would have recured; recurred |
Imperative
| you | recur |
| we | Let's recur |
| you | recur |
Verbs conjugated like 'recur'
annul,
bevel,
cancel,
carol,
cavil,
channel,
chisel,
compel,
control,
counsel,
court-martial,
cudgel,
decontrol,
dial,
dispel,
dowel,
drivel,
duel,
empanel,
enamel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'recur'
recure,
recut,
becue,
becurl,
becut,
befur,
decar,
decurt,
demur,
encur,
Additional Information
The forms with ortographic changes are used in British English, in American English the doubling of the consonant is usually omitted.
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1468, from L.
recurrere "to return, come back," from
re- "back, again" +
currere "to run" (see current). Originally of persons; application to thoughts, ideas, etc. is recorded from 1704.
2. Learned borrowing from Latin recurrō (“to hurry or run back; to return, revert”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘back, backwards’) + currō (“to hasten, hurry; to move, travel; to run”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”)).
3. cognates
4. * Anglo-Norman recurre, recorre (“to have recourse to”)
5. * Catalan recórrer
6. * Italian ricorrer
7. * Old French recourir (Middle French recourir; modern French recourir (“to have recourse to; to run again; to run back”))
8. * Old Occitan recorre
9. * Portuguese recorrer
10. * Spanish recorrer See: Anglo-Norman '
recurre', Valencian '
recórrer', French '
recourir', Old Occitan '
recorre', Portuguese '
recorrer', Spanish '
recorrer'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] housed, fed, worked like so many horned cattle, strained up to military precision,—the question of how little of life's commonest enjoyments would keep them in working order being a constantly recurring problem,—the necessity of drivers and overseers,—the ever-necessary whip, first, last, and only argument,—the whole thing was insufferably disgusting and loathsome to me; and when I thought of my [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)