What does occur mean?
Definitions for occur
əˈkɜroc·cur
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage 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.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To OCCURverb
Etymology: occurro, Latin.
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.
In scripture, though the word heir occur, yet there is no such thing as heir in our author’s sense. John Locke.
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.
Before I begin that I must occur to one specious objection against this proposition. Richard Bentley, Serm.
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occur
To occur means to happen or take place. It can refer to events, actions, processes, or instances emerging, developing, or coming into existence.
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 strong El Nio is in place and should exert a strong influence over our weather this winter, while temperature and precipitation impacts associated with El Nio are favored, El Nio is not the only player. Cold-air outbreaks and snow storms will likely occur at times this winter.
Rather than have a numerical dollar amount – which doesn’t make any sense, we just end up raising it every other year – is convert it to something like a debt-to-GDP ratio, a number that could be agreed to, have a cure period thereafter. And if that cure does not occur, certain guardrails go up on discretionary spending.
Accidents will occur in the best-regulated families; and in families not regulated by that pervading influence which sanctifies while it enhances... in short, by the influence of Woman, in the lofty character of Wife, they may be expected with confidence, and must be borne with philosophy.
The reality is that we don't have good risk estimates for mutations that occur in many of the genes on the panels.
Theres a lot of further investigation that needs to occur.
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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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