Used in a Sentence

recur

How to use recur in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for recur.

Editorial note

Just to be picky.... Clojure doesn't have TCO, it has 'recur' as a substitute instead.

Examples11
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

happen or occur again; "This is a recurring story"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of recur gathered in one view.

verb

happen or occur again; "This is a recurring story"

verb

return in thought or speech to something

verb

have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for recur.

verb

happen or occur again; "This is a recurring story"

verb

return in thought or speech to something

verb

have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat"

Example sentences

1

Just to be picky.... Clojure doesn't have TCO, it has 'recur' as a substitute instead.

2

For the last two weeks I've been programming Clojure full-time and haven't used a single loop macro or loop-recur.

3

As millions of Americans can attest to, these spending habits nearly always recur.

4

Would that we could simply do away with Pando altogether so that this kind of controversy might never recur.

5

It isn't reasonable to expect that signal to recur on every repost; that would amount to carte blanche for reposts.

6

The problem is rather a series of statistical biases that recur at intervals in the keystream.

7

Doesn't loop/recur only help in directly self-recursive calls, as opposed to mutual recursion or tail calls to function arguments?

8

[Edit to add: My description of management fees is slightly simplified and ignores salient things like the fact that they recur annually.

9

That was not a mean-spirited comment, especially if you imagine someone with a bit more experience seeing the same thing recur needlessly.

10

It is a cautionary tale for those who believe that once repressive and discriminatory regimes are eradicated they will not recur; on the contrary, it is likely that humanity will struggle with bigotry and oppression for as long as it exists in its present form, transhumanism notwithstanding.

Proper noun examples

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At one point during the explanation I think Sergey mentioned recursion, and Terry asks "Recur-what?

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use recur in a sentence?

Just to be picky.... Clojure doesn't have TCO, it has 'recur' as a substitute instead.

What does recur mean?

happen or occur again; "This is a recurring story"

What part of speech is recur?

recur is commonly used as verb.