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Occur Very Common

Occur has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

come to pass

"What is happening?"

"The meeting took place off without an incidence"

"Nothing occurred that seemed important"

2

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

to be found to exist

"sexism occurs in many workplaces"

"precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil"

4

To happen or take place.

"The meeting will occur at three o'clock in the conference room."

In plain English: To occur means for something to happen or take place.

"The meeting will occur at three o'clock this afternoon."

Usage: Use "occur" to describe events that happen naturally or unexpectedly, such as accidents or thoughts coming to mind. Avoid using it for scheduled activities like meetings, which should instead be described with words like "take place."

Example Sentences
"The meeting will occur at three o'clock this afternoon." verb
Related Terms
happen occuring hapax legomenon microlissencephaly collocate happen along likely occurred postvocalic zero growth stade vicennial bile acid translation meet cute suggest alkaloid acephalgic common there is no there there
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
become appear
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
break arise result intervene transpire give supervene proceed come fall anticipate develop recur go off come around happen befall concur backfire chance turn out synchronize pair run collocate abound in

Origin

The word occur entered English from the Middle French occurrer, originally meaning "to run to meet" or "befall." This Latin root combined a prefix for "against" with a verb for "running," creating an image of something running up against someone.

Rhyming Words
cur scur recur incur excur concur corcur reoccur cooccur reincur re occur co occur intercur transcur nonconcur
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