occur
Other forms: occurred; occurs; occurring
Use the verb occur when an event or a thought happens, like when it occurs to you that you've left home without your umbrella. Maybe you didn't hear the forecast that showers would occur this afternoon.
The verb occur comes from the Latin, occurrere, “to meet” or “to present itself.” When something occurs, it comes into being, like a thought that seems to present itself from out of the blue, like when it suddenly occurs to you that you forgot to ask your guests if they'd like a cup of tea, or that it would never occur to your Mother that some people spend a small fortune on handbags. Events can also occur, meaning "take place," like a meeting that will occur tomorrow.
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come to pass“Nothing occurred that seemed important”
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synonyms:
come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, pass, pass off, take place
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break, develop, recrudesce
happen
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arise, come up
result or issue
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result
come about or follow as a consequence
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intervene
occur between other events or between certain points of time
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transpire
come about, happen, or occur
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give
occur
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operate
happen
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supervene
take place as an additional or unexpected development
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go, proceed
follow a certain course
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come
come to pass; arrive, as in due course
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fall
occur at a specified time or place
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anticipate
be a forerunner of or occur earlier than
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develop
be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest
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recur, repeat
happen or occur again
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come off, go off, go over
happen in a particular manner
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come around, roll around
happen regularly
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happen, materialise, materialize
come into being; become reality
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bechance, befall, happen
happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
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bechance, befall, betide
become of; happen to
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coincide, concur
happen simultaneously
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backfire, backlash, recoil
come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
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chance
be the case by chance
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break
happen or take place
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fall, shine, strike
touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
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turn out
prove to be in the result or end
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contemporise, contemporize, synchronise, synchronize
happen at the same time
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drag, drag on, drag out
proceed for an extended period of time
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descend, fall, settle
come as if by falling
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iterate
run or be performed again
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cycle
recur in repeating sequences
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condense
develop due to condensation
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appear, come out
be issued or published
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open, open up
become available
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happen
chance to be or do something, without intention or causation
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come, do, fare, get along, make out
proceed or get along
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come up
be mentioned
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come to one's mind; suggest itself
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be found to exist“precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil”
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geminate, pair
occur in pairs
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run
occur persistently
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collocate
have a strong tendency to occur side by side
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abound in, pullulate with, teem in
exist in large quantity
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appear, come along
come into being or existence, or appear on the scene
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Vocabulary lists containing occur
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