What does occur mean?
Definitions for occur
əˈkɜroc·cur
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word occur.
Princeton's WordNet
happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take placeverb
come to pass
"What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
occur, comeverb
come to one's mind; suggest itself
"It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her"
occurverb
to be found to exist
"sexism occurs in many workplaces"; "precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil"
GCIDE
Occurverb
To come to the mind; to arise in the mind; to suggest itself; to be presented to the imagination or memory; -- of an idea or thought; as, it never occurred to me to call John to ask.
Wiktionary
occurverb
To happen or take place.
The liftoff will occur in exactly twelve seconds.
occurverb
To present or offer itself.
I will write if the opportunity occurs.
occurverb
To come or be presented to the mind; to suggest itself.
occurverb
To be present or found.
The chemical monofluoroacetate occurs in all parts of Dichapetalum cymosum, and is responsible for its toxic effects.
Etymology: Originally "meet, meet in argument", from occurrer, from occurro from prefix ob- + verb curro.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Occur
o-kur′, v.i. to come or be presented to the mind: to happen: to appear: to be found here and there: to coincide in time:—pr.p. occur′ring; pa.p. occurred′.—ns. Occur′rence, anything that occurs: an event, esp. one unlooked for or unplanned: occasional presentation; Occur′rent, one who comes to meet another: (B.) an occurrence or chance.—adj. (B.) coming in the way. [Fr.,—L. occurrĕre—ob, towards, currĕre, to run.]
Editors Contribution
occur
To exist.
The reality is the schedule is created for the train timetable to occur daily.
Submitted by MaryC on February 13, 2020
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'occur' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1818
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'occur' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3274
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'occur' in Verbs Frequency: #142
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of occur in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of occur in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of occur in a Sentence
A lot of things can occur without the influence of human beings. However, they are now occurring on top of the influence coming from man’s activity, when an El Nino comes and raises the global temperature...that is the extra bit that creates a record.
It’s [CRT] just a lens to look at history. It’s not indoctrinating a kid to believe one thing or another, it’s giving proper context to what historical events have occurred, and what is continuing to occur.
There is no playbook about how to prosecute a school shooting and candidly, I wish I'd never even had -- it didn't occur so I wouldn't have to consider it, but when we sat down, I wanted to make sure all of the victims were represented in the charges that we filed against this individual, if that's not terrorism, I don't know what is.
The other difficult part of FOP is that you don’t know when the next flare-up is going to occur, how long it’s going to last, how painful it’s going to feel and how disabling it’s going to be.
Wasserman Schultz ' has made the right decision for the future of the Democratic Party. While Wasserman Schultz ' deserves thanks for Wasserman Schultz ' years of service, the party now needs new leadership that will open the doors of the party and welcome in working peopleand young people. The party leadership must also always remain impartial in the presidential nominating process, something which did not occur in the 2016 race.
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Translations for occur
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- odehrát se, dít se, napadnout, nastat, se, udát se, stát seCzech
- forekommeDanish
- einfallen, passieren, in den Sinn kommen, vorkommen, auftretenGerman
- tincar, ocurrir, presentarSpanish
- meenuma, esinema, tekkimaEstonian
- sattua, mieli, tapahtua, juolahtaa, tulla mieleen, tarjoutua, esiintyäFinnish
- produire, arriver, passer, venir à l'idée, avoir lieu, présenter, retrouverFrench
- tachair, buail air, buail an ceannScottish Gaelic
- पाए जाते हैंHindi
- megtalálható, eszébe jut, előfordulHungarian
- eventarIdo
- מתרחשHebrew
- 思い浮かぶ, ある, 起こるJapanese
- ڕوودان, ڕێکهوتنKurdish
- occurro, supervenio, accido, evenio, subeo, cado, incidoLatin
- afalenLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- се појавува, текнува, се јавува, се среќаваMacedonian
- opkomen, voorkomen, zich, aanbieden, gebeuren, invallen, verschijnen, voordoen, plaatsvindenDutch
- forekomme, inntreffeNorwegian
- wydarzyć się, wydarzać się, występowaćPolish
- ocorrer, encontrar, acontecerPortuguese
- treceRomanian
- приходить в головуRussian
- pasti na pametSerbo-Croatian
- hända, äga rum, ske, förekommaSwedish
- hazır olmak, hatırlamak, aklına gelmek, olmakTurkish
- виникатиUkrainian
- xảy raVietnamese
- ariver, sorvini, aspiter, si troverWalloon
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