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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

Recurrencia

Pronunciation / Transliteration: rekuˈɾenθja

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Recurrence/rɪˈkɜː.rəns/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #4500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La recurrencia de las estaciones es un fenómeno natural."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The act of occurring again or repeatedly.

    "The recurrence of the seasons is a natural phenomenon."
  2. 2

    A repeated occurrence of a particular event or condition.

    "The doctor monitored the patient for any recurrence of the illness."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin verb 'recurrere', meaning 'to run back' or 'return' (from 're-' meaning back + 'currere' meaning to run). Entering Middle English via Old French in the late 15th century, the term evolved from physical retracing of steps to abstractly denote the repeated occurrence of events, conditions, or illnesses.

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