Definitions for occur
əˈkɜroc·cur

Princeton's WordNet(2.83 / 6 votes)Rate this definition:

1. happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place(verb)

   come to pass

   "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"

2. occur, come(verb)

   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. occur(verb)

   to be found to exist

   "sexism occurs in many workplaces"; "precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil"

GCIDE(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Occur(v. i.)

   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.

Origin: [L. occurrere, occursum; ob (see Ob-) + currere to run. See Course.]

Wiktionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. occur(Verb)

   To happen or take place.

   The liftoff will occur in exactly twelve seconds.

2. occur(Verb)

   To present or offer itself.

   I will write if the opportunity occurs.

3. occur(Verb)

   To come or be presented to the mind; to suggest itself.

4. occur(Verb)

   To be present or found.

   The chemical monofluoroacetate occurs in all parts of Dichapetalum cymosum, and is responsible for its toxic effects.

Origin: Originally "meet, meet in argument", from occurrer, from occurro from prefix ob- + verb curro.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'occur' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1818

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'occur' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3274

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'occur' in Verbs Frequency: #142

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of occur in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of occur in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of occur in a Sentence

1. Leo Tolstoy:

   True life is lived when tiny changes occur.

2. Charles Dickens:

   Accidents will occur in the best regulated families.

3. Javier Salazar:

   It’s something that shouldn’t be allowed to occur.

4. Steve Maraboli:

   Life is the definition you give to events that occur."

5. Deutsche Telekom:

   It is too early to state whether any transaction may occur.

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