Definitions for occur
əˈkɜroc·cur

Princeton's WordNet(2.87 / 8 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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"

2. 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"

3. occurverb

   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. 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(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. occurverb

   To happen or take place.

   The liftoff will occur in exactly twelve seconds.

2. occurverb

   To present or offer itself.

   I will write if the opportunity occurs.

3. occurverb

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

4. occurverb

   To be present or found.

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

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

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. To OCCURverb

   Etymology: occurro, Latin.

   1. To be presented to the memory or attention.

   There doth not occur to me any use of this experiment for profit. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.

   The mind should be always ready to turn itself to the variety of objects that occur, and allow them as much consideration as shall be thought fit. John Locke.

   The far greater part of the examples that occur to us, are so many encouragements to vice and disobedience. John Rogers.

   2. To appear here and there.

   In scripture, though the word heir occur, yet there is no such thing as heir in our author’s sense. John Locke.

   3. To clash; to strike against; to meet.

   All bodies have a determinate motion according to the degrees of their external impulse, their inward principle of gravitation, and the resistance of the bodies they occur with. Richard Bentley, Sermons.

   4. To obviate; to make opposition to. A latinism.

   Before I begin that I must occur to one specious objection against this proposition. Richard Bentley, Serm.

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.]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. occur

   To exist.

   The reality is the schedule is created for the train timetable to occur daily.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 13, 2020  

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1. • Appear
   • Become

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

How to pronounce occur?

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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. Westchester District Attorney Miriam Rocah:

   Our investigation found credible evidence to conclude that the alleged conduct in both instances described above did occur, however, in both instances, my office has determined that, although the allegations and witnesses were credible, and the conduct concerning, we can not pursue criminal charges due to the statutory requirements of the criminal laws of New York.

2. Bret Walker:

   There was a significant body of evidence demonstrating, in various ways, that the offending not only did not occur but could not have occurred.

3. Nicole Saphier:

   In my opinion, mandates should not occur until full FDA approval has been granted while still allowing legitimate medical exemptions.

4. Dennis Wamsted:

   Coal and renewables are rapidly heading in opposite directions, if the crossover doesn't occur in 2021, it will without a doubt do so by 2022.

5. Marilyn Marks:

   We’re concerned about the voter confusion that will no doubt occur with these little-known rapid changes to the rules.

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