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# recurring

adjective (recurring); verb (present participle of recur: recur, recurs, recurred, recurring)

«recurring» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Happening again and again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recurring/#m1)
2. (maths, UK) A decimal where a digit or group of digits repeats forever, like 0.333… [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recurring/#m2)

### In the lessons

In maths, UK pupils say «nought point three recurring» for 0.333…, shown with a dot over the digit; US pupils say repeating decimal. One third = 0.3 recurring; two thirds = 0.6 recurring. In stories and health a recurring dream or pain keeps coming back. Phrases: recurring decimal, recurring dream, recurring problem.

### Examples

- One third as a decimal is 0.3 recurring. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recurring/#x1)
- I have a recurring dream about flying. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recurring/#x2)
- Leaks are a recurring problem in our old house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recurring/#x3)
- The recurring character appears in every book of the series. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recurring/#x4)
- 1 ÷ 11 gives 0.09 recurring. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recurring/#x5)
- Headaches can be a recurring problem for some people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recurring/#x6)
- Life in the Golden Age was one unceasing round of ever-recurring pleasures unmarred by sorrow or care. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recurring/#x7)

### Note

Double r: recurring, recurred. Recurring decimals never end, but they can be written exactly as fractions. In US books the same idea is called a repeating decimal.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «recurring» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recurring/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«recurring» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/recurring.html) on Mova free.