Definition of "recurring" []

• Present participle of recur. (verb)
• Happening or occurring frequently, with repetition. (adjective)
• Of a decimal: having a set of digits that is repeated indefinitely. (adjective)

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• "Doctors and patient safety campaigners said the figures underline the need for urgent action to tackle what they called a recurring mistake that leads to preventable tragedy."
• "And in the sitcom with the Seinfeld thing, every time I arrived, which is what they call a recurring character, my hair was a different color."
• "Denigrating what he described as a recurring desire by part of the country's elite over the centuries to make a sudden dash for change or even revolution, he presented himself as the tried and tested guarantor of stability."