🇬🇧🇪🇸 recurrence - reaparición : English Lesson

Meaning of "recurrence" ("reaparición"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

"Recurrence" means something that comes back or happens again, especially after you thought it was finished. If a problem, a sound, or even a funny event keeps returning over and over, you can call that a recurrence. It’s like a repeat performance of something that already happened before.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

We had a daily recurrence of my little sister loudly singing in the shower like a confused opera chicken.

There was a strange recurrence of Dad telling the same joke until even the dog rolled his eyes.

The recurrence of my alarm clock every morning felt like a personal attack on my dreams.

The recurrence of my little brother’s “magic tricks” always ended with my cookie disappearing.

The recurrence of my dad’s burnt toast experiments made the smoke alarm our family breakfast bell.

At midnight the old house gave a small creak. The first recurrence startled her; the second recurrence made her sit up. Each recurrence tightened her chest until the fourth recurrence sounded like steps. At the fifth recurrence she opened the door and a cat leapt out. She laughed, relief washing over her.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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