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- DictionaryOc·cur/əˈkər/
verb
- 1. happen; take place: "the accident occurred at about 3:30 p.m." Similar happentake placecome abouttranspirematerializechancearisecrop upturn outfallcomefall outpass offinformal:go downliterary:come to passbefallbetidearchaic:haprare:eventuate
- ▪ exist or be found to be present in a place or under a particular set of conditions: "radon occurs naturally in rocks such as granite" Similar be foundbe presentexistbe met withappearprevailpresent itselfshow itselfmanifest itselfturn upformal:obtain
- ▪ (of a thought or idea) come into the mind of (someone): "it occurred to him that he hadn't eaten" Similar enter one's head/mindcross one's mindcome to mindspring to mindcome to onestrike onehit onedawn on onesuggest itselfpresent itselfcome into one's consciousness
Word Origin late 15th century: from Latin occurrere ‘go to meet, present itself’, from ob- ‘against’ + currere ‘to run’.
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