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Occur

Occur Definition And Meaning
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.

Occur Definition And Meaning

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"

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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