About The Word Occur
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Occur
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What's The Definition Of Occur?
[v] come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
[v] come to one's mind; suggest itself; "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her" [v] to be found to exist; "sexism occurs in many workplaces"; "precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil" Synonyms | Synonyms for Occur: come | come about | go on | hap | happen | pass | pass off | take place Related Terms | Find terms related to Occur: appear | arise | be | be extant | be found | be in existence | be located | be met with | be present | be realized | be situated | be the case | be there | become manifest | befall | betide | breathe | chance | come | come about | come down | come off | come to | come to mind | come to pass | come true | crop up | dawn on | dawn upon one | develop | dwell in | eventuate | exist | fall | go off | grab one | hap | happen | happen to be | have being | have place | hit | hold | indwell | inhere | lie | live | manifest itself | materialize | obtain | occur to | offer itself | pass | pass off | present itself | prevail | remain | rise to mind | stand | strike | strike the mind | subsist | suggest itself | surface | take place | transpire | turn up See Also | abound in | anticipate | appear | arise | bechance | become | befall | betide | break | chance | coincide | collocate | come | come along | come around | come off | come up | concur | contemporise | contemporize | develop | fall | geminate | give | go | go off | go over | interlude | materialise | materialize | operate | pair | proceed | pullulate with | recrudesce | recur | repeat | roll around | run | shine | strike | supervene | synchronise | synchronize | teem in | transpire | turn out Occur In Webster's Dictionary \Oc*cur"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Occurred}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Occurring}.] [L. occurrere, occursum; ob (see {Ob-}) +
currere to run. See {Course}.]
1. To meet; to clash. [Obs.]
The resistance of the bodies they occur with.
--Bentley.
2. To go in order to meet; to make reply. [Obs.]
I must occur to one specious objection. --Bentley.
3. To meet one's eye; to be found or met with; to present
itself; to offer; to appear; to happen; to take place; as,
I will write if opportunity occurs.
In Scripture, though the word heir occur, yet there
is no such thing as ``heir'' in our author's sense.
--Locke.
4. To meet or come to the mind; to suggest itself; to be
presented to the imagination or memory.
There doth not occur to me any use of this
experiment for profit. --Bacon.
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