occur

occur

synonyms, antonyms, definitions, examples & translations of occur in English

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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)

  1. (intransitive) To happen or take place.
  2. (intransitive) To present or offer itself.
  3. (impersonal) To come or be presented to the mind; to suggest itself.
    One little incident of my school days occurs to me as amusing.
    It occurred to him to tell me of the problem.
  4. (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

Translations

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