verb
reoccur
ree-uh-KUR/ˌriːəˈkɜːr/
To happen again.
The dripping from the kitchen faucet reoccurs after the bowl is emptied.
Etymology
The image of running toward or meeting something developed into something presenting itself, then happening. Adding “again” makes reoccur describe an event presenting itself once more in the course of events.
In context
we want to avoid that this might ever happen again and what do we do we introduce a new rule often we forget what's the likelihood that this problem might reoccur
More examples
- Call your doctor if the pain reoccurs.
- The same error reoccurred when I opened the file.
- We fixed the loose connection to prevent the problem from reoccurring.
Forms
reoccur · reoccurs · reoccurred · reoccurring
reoccurrence noun — An instance of something happening again.