how to pronounce recur

/ɹɪˈkɜːɹ/

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recur is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of recur in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… uh which has a tendency to uh recur and …”

meanings of recur

verb:

To happen again.
To recurse.
To have recourse (to) someone or something for assistance, support etc.

recur frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word recur occurs in english on average 2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics recur can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that recur can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;