recurrence

«recurrence» in Mova's school dictionary: when something happens again, especially something bad… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a recurrence, recurrences)

meaning for a pupil

1) A recurrence is when something happens again, especially something bad like an illness or a problem. tree →

2) (maths, formal) A recurrence is a rule where each number in a pattern is found from the ones before it. tree →

sense in the lessons

It appears in health talk («a recurrence of the illness»), in safety notices («to prevent a recurrence») and in maths about patterns and sequences. It tells the reader that something has come back. Phrases: «prevent a recurrence», «a recurrence of», «risk of recurrence».

examples

• The school changed the lock to prevent a recurrence of the break-in. tree →
• The doctor watched for any recurrence of the fever. tree →
• There was a recurrence of flooding after the heavy rain. tree →
• We hope there will be no recurrence of this bad behaviour. tree →
• The Fibonacci numbers come from a recurrence: add the two numbers before. tree →
• The headteacher wrote that she wanted no recurrence of the fight. tree →
• The recurrence of the noise made the dog bark. tree →

note

Noun of «recur»; spelt with double r and -ence (not -ance). Countable: a recurrence, recurrences. A slightly formal word; in everyday talk people say «it happened again». In a number pattern, a recurrence rule tells you how to get the next number from earlier ones.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «recurrence» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.