Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for recursive. Search instead for rekursiver.
Definitions

recursive

[ri-kur-siv] / rɪˈkɜr sɪv /
ADJECTIVE
returning back
Synonyms
Antonyms


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

“Once we get to recursive self-improvement, the fear is that all bets are off,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Anthropic’s Amodei suggested a slowdown as the AI arms-race takes shape around recursive self-improvement, the idea that AI could endlessly optimize itself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Leading AI companies in the United States have begun using their most advanced models to train new ones, in a process known as recursive self-improvement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

It’s “starting to happen across the industry,” including at Anthropic, Amodei wrote of recursive self-improvement.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

Ed Lewis’s discovery of master-regulatory genes that controlled the development of segments, organs, and structures solved the problem of the final stage of embryogenesis, but it raised a seemingly infinite recursive conundrum.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee


Vocabulary lists containing recursive

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember new words for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com