Continue and Recur

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Continue

Continue verb - To remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state.
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Recur and continue are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Recur" instead a verb "Continue".
Nearby Words: continued, continuing, continuation, continuity, continuance

Recur

Recur verb - Happen or occur again.
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Continue and recur are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Continue" instead a verb "Recur".
Nearby Words: recurrent, recurrence, recurring, recurred

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theme continue theme recur theme
times continue times recur times

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  • Smaller Yersinia epidemics would continue to recur once every few decades in Europe and Asia until the early 18th Century.
    Source: The Plague
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