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1. (v.i.) occur
to happen; take place; come to pass.
2. occur
to be met with or found; present itself; appear.
3. occur
to suggest itself in thought; come to mind (usu. fol. by to).
Etymology: (1520–30; < L occurrere to run to meet, arrive, come to mind =oc-oc-+currere to run)
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1. (verb) happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
come to pass
"What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
2. (verb) occur, come
come to one's mind; suggest itself
"It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her"
3. (verb) occur
to be found to exist
"sexism occurs in many workplaces"; "precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil"
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1. (verb) occur
to happen
the events that occurred that night
2. occur
to be found in
the vitamins and minerals that occur naturally in vegetables
3. occur
sth/it occurs to sb
used to say sb thinks of sth
The idea occurred to him that she might have left.; It never occurred to me to call her.
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Sense: to take place
The accident occurred yesterday morning.
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 Afrikaans: gebeur, plaasvind |
 Arabic: يَحْدُث |
 Bulgarian: случвам се |
 Brazilian: ocorrer |
 Czech: stát se |
 German: sich ereignen |
 Danish: ske |
 Greek: συμβαίνω, γίνομαι |
 Spanish: ocurrir, suceder, tener l |
 Estonian: juhtuma |
 Farsi: اتفاق افتادن |
 Finnish: sattua |
 French: se produire |
 Hebrew: לְהִתרַחֵש |
 Hindi: घटित होना |
 Croatian: pojaviti se, dogoditi se |
 Hungarian: (meg)történik |
 Indonesian: terjadi |
 Icelandic: koma fyrir |
 Italian: accadere, succedere |
 Japanese: 起こる |
 Korean: 생기다 |
 Lithuanian: atsitikti,įvykti |
 Latvian: atgadīties; notikt |
 Malay: berlaku |
 Dutch: plaatsvinden |
 Norwegian: hende, skje |
 Polish: zdarzyć się, zajść |
 Persian: اتفاق افتادن |
 Pashto: رامينځه ته كيدل |
 Portuguese: ocorrer |
 Romanian: a avea loc, a se petrece |
 Russian: случаться |
 Slovak: stať sa |
 Slovenian: zgoditi se |
 Serbian: dogoditi se |
 Swedish: inträffa, hända, ske |
 Thai: เกิดขึ้น |
 Turkish: olmak, meydana gelmek |
 Taiwanese: 發生 |
 Ukrainian: траплятися; відбуватися |
 Urdu: واقع ہونا |
 Vietnamese: xảy ra |
 Chinese: 发生 |
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