Recurring

Recurring

Recurring means occurring over and over and can refer to several different things:
*Recurring expense, an ongoing (continual) expenditure
*Curiously recurring template pattern (CRTP), a software design pattern
*Recursion, a computer programming subroutine/method/function that calls itself from within its body
*"Recurring" (album), a 1991 album by the British psychedelic-rock group, Spacemen 3
*Recurring decimal (or "repeating decimal"), a real number in the decimal numeral system in which a sequence of digits repeats infinitely
*Recurring dream, a dream that someone repeatedly experiences over an extended period of time

In television:
*Recurring character, a character, usually on a television series, that appears from time to time and may grow into a larger role
*Recurring status, condition whereby a soap opera actor may be used for extended period without being under contract


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • recurring — re‧cur‧ring [rɪˈkɜːrɪŋ] adjective [only before a noun] ACCOUNTING FINANCE recurring amounts of money keep on being earned or spent, rather than just being earned or spent once: • a 35.7% increase in recurring revenues • They had been able to… …   Financial and business terms

  • recurring — index chronic, habitual, intermittent, iterative, periodic, regular (orderly), repeated, repetitious …   Law dictionary

  • recurring — 1711, prp. adj. from RECUR (Cf. recur) …   Etymology dictionary

  • Recurring — Recur Re*cur (r?*k?r ), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Recurred} ( k?rd ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Recurring}.] [L. recurrere; pref. re re + currere to run. See {Current}.] 1. To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind. [1913 Webster] When …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • recurring — adjective a) Happening frequently, with repetition. He has recurring asthma attacks. b) Of a decimal: having a set of digits that is repeated indefinitely. Every rational number can be writte …   Wiktionary

  • recurring — non·recurring; recurring; …   English syllables

  • recurring — recurrent UK [rɪˈkʌrənt] / US or recurring UK [rɪˈkɜːrɪŋ] / US [rɪˈkɜrɪŋ] adjective happening again, especially several times a recurrent theme a recurrent eye infection a recurring dream …   English dictionary

  • recurring — See recurring, frequent …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • recurring — adj. Recurring is used with these nouns: ↑dream, ↑feature, ↑injury, ↑motif, ↑nightmare, ↑problem, ↑theme …   Collocations dictionary

  • recurring, frequent — Recurring, an adjective formed from recur, refers to something that happens repeatedly, occurs or shows up or comes up again and again: His recurring attacks of asthma are becoming more and more severe. Frequent means the same thing, with one… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”