English Online Dictionary. What means occur? What does occur mean?
English
Alternative forms
- occurre (obsolete)
Etymology
Originally "meet, meet in argument", borrowed from Middle French occurrer, from Latin occurrō (“run to meet, run against, befall, present itself”) from prefix ob- (“against”) + verb currō (“run, hurry, move”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /əˈkɜː/
- (US) IPA(key): /əˈkɝ/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
Verb
occur (third-person singular simple present occurs, present participle occurring, simple past and past participle occurred)
- (intransitive) To happen or take place.
- (intransitive) To present or offer itself.
- (impersonal) To come or be presented to the mind; to suggest itself.
- (intransitive, sciences) To be present or found.
Synonyms
- (happen): belimp (obsolete), betide (obsolete), betime (obsolete), come to pass, happen, take place; See also Thesaurus:happen
- (present itself): appear, arise, come up
- (meet or come to the mind):
- (be present or found):
Derived terms
Related terms
- occurrent
- occurrence