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Recurrence

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Narrower term 2

Atavism 76% connected

The recurrence, or a tendency to a recurrence, of the original type of a species in the progeny of its varieties; resemblance to remote rather than t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reversion 76% connected

The act of returning, or coming back; return.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 2

Repeat 76% connected

To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Repetition 76% connected

The act of repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Recur 74% connected

To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Recur 74% connected

To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Recurrent 74% connected

Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent pains.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Recurrent 74% connected

Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent pains.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 1

Return 92% connected

To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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