recurred
Came back around
Recurred is the past tense of recur, meaning to happen again or return after an interval.
Health conditions recur when symptoms reappear: The cancer recurred three years after treatment.
Thoughts, dreams, and themes recur when they keep coming back to mind or keep appearing.
Unlike repeated, which suggests continuous action, recurred emphasizes something returning after a gap or pause.
Act of redoing
- reoccurrenceInstance of happening again
- reappearanceComing back into view
- reemergenceReturning to visibility
- returnGo back again
comeback · relapse · resurgence · echo · replay · reprise · renewal · resumption
Regular sequence of actions
- regularOccurring at fixed intervals
- consistentNot varying or contradicting
- ingrainedFirmly established by habit
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
tendency · habit · compulsion · obsessive · intrusive · fixation · preoccupation · theme
Continuing despite difficulty
- relapsingReturning to worse state
- lingeringRemaining beyond expected duration
- ongoingIn progress now
- continualRepeatedly occurring over time
protracted · unremitting · flare-up · remission · episodic · intermittent · symptomatic · malaria
repetition
Act of redoing
- reoccurrenceInstance of happening again
- reappearanceComing back into view
- reemergenceReturning to visibility
return · comeback · relapse · resurgence · echo · replay · reprise · renewal · resumption · revisitation
routine
Regular sequence of actions
- regularOccurring at fixed intervals
- consistentNot varying or contradicting
- ingrainedFirmly established by habit
pattern · tendency · habit · compulsion · obsessive · intrusive · fixation · preoccupation · theme · motif
persistent
Continuing despite difficulty
continual · protracted · unremitting · flare-up · remission · episodic · intermittent · symptomatic · malaria · fever
periodic
Occurring at intervals
tidal · lunar · phases · oscillation · rotation · circuit · interval · wavelike · pulsing · ebb and flow
recurredceased
Came to an end
stopped · ended · halted · terminated · discontinued
- recurring dreamsSleep visions that return
- recurring themeRepeated subject or idea
- recurring payments
- recurring charactersFigures appearing across episodes
- recurring roleRepeated character across episodes
- recurrent infectionsRepeatedly returning illness episodes