verb
Meaning 1
To happen or take place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- The liftoff will occur in exactly twelve seconds.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
occur
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /əˈkɜː/
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Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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US: /əˈkɝ/
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General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Scotland: /əˈkʌr/
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New-Zealand: /əˈkøː/
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/əˈkeː/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
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/əˈkɛː/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
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/əˈkɜː(ɹ)/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 K ER1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To present or offer itself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- I will write if the opportunity occurs.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To come or be presented to the mind; to suggest itself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: impersonal
Examples
- One little incident of my school days occurs to me as amusing.
- It occurred to him to tell me of the problem.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hit
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To be present or found.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: sciences
Examples
- The chemical monofluoroacetate occurs in all parts of Dichapetalum cymosum, and is responsible for its toxic effects.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
come to pass
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- What is happening?
- The meeting took place off without an incidence
- Nothing occurred that seemed important
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: happen, hap, go on, pass off, pass, fall out, come about, take place
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: break, recrudesce, develop, arise, come up, result, intervene, transpire, give, operate, supervene, proceed, go, come, fall, anticipate, recur, repeat, go off, come off, go over, come around, roll around, happen, materialize, materialise, befall, bechance, betide, concur, coincide, backfire, backlash, recoil, chance, shine, strike, turn out, synchronize, synchronise, contemporize, contemporise
verb
Meaning 6
come to one's mind; suggest itself
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary
- A great idea then came to her
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: come
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: become
verb
Meaning 7
to be found to exist
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- sexism occurs in many workplaces
- precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: appear, come along
Narrower terms: pair, geminate, run, collocate, abound in, teem in, pullulate with
History
Etymology
Originally "meet (in argument)", borrowed from Middle French occurrer, from Latin occurrō (“run to meet, run against, befall, present itself”) from prefix ob- (“against”) + verb currō (“run, hurry, move”).
Across languages
Translations
215 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: ndodh — take place
- Arabic: حَدَثَ (ḥadaṯa) — take place
- Arabic: وَقَعَ (waqaʕa) — take place
- Arabic: طَرَأَ (ṭaraʔa) — take place
- Arabic: طرا (ṭra) — take place
- Arabic: جرى (jra) — take place
- Arabic: وقع (wqaʕ) — take place
- Armenian: պատահել (patahel) — take place
- Azerbaijani: vaqe olmaq — take place
- Bashkir: булыу (bulıw) — take place
- Basque: bururatu — take place
- Belarusian: здара́цца (zdarácca) — take place
- Belarusian: зда́рыцца (zdárycca) — take place
- Belarusian: адбыва́цца (adbyvácca) — take place
- Belarusian: адбы́цца (adbýcca) — take place
- Belarusian: трапля́цца (trapljácca) — take place
- Belarusian: тра́піцца (trápicca) — take place
- Bulgarian: слу́чвам се (slúčvam se) — take place
- Bulgarian: слу́ча се (slúča se) — take place
- Catalan: ocórrer — take place
- Cherokee: ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᎭ (nigalisdiha) — take place
- Chinese Cantonese: 發生 /发生 — take place
- Chinese Mandarin: 發生 /发生 (fāshēng) — take place
- Ngazidja Comorian: udjiri — take place
- Czech: nastat — take place
- Czech: udát se — take place
- Czech: stát se — take place
- Czech: odehrát se — take place
- Czech: dít se — take place
- Dutch: plaatsvinden — take place
- Estonian: toimuma — take place
- Finnish: tapahtua — take place
- French: se produire — take place
- French: avoir lieu — take place
- Galician: ocorrer — take place
- Georgian: მოხდომა (moxdoma) — take place
- German: passieren — take place
- German: vorkommen — take place
- German: stattfinden — take place
- Ancient Greek: τυγχάνω (tunkhánō) — take place
- Ancient Greek: συμφέρω (sumphérō) — take place
- Hindi: बीतना (bītnā) — take place
- Italian: verificarsi — take place
- Japanese: 起こる (okoru) — take place
- Japanese: 起る (okoru) — take place
- Khmer: កើតឡើង (kaət laəng) — take place
- Khmer: កើត (kaət) — take place
- Korean: 일어나다 (ireonada) — take place
- Korean: 발생하다 (balsaenghada) — take place
- Lao: ເກີດ (kœ̄t) — take place
- Lao: ບັງເກີດ (bang kœ̄t) — take place
- Lao: ເປັນ (pen) — take place
- Latin: eveniō — take place
- Latin: accidō — take place
- Latin: incidō — take place
- Latin: cadō — take place
- Latin: subeō — take place
- Macedonian: се случува (se slučuva) — take place
- Macedonian: се случи (se sluči) — take place
- Māori: tū — take place
- Middle English: spryngen — take place
- Mongolian: болох (bolox) — take place
- Norwegian: skje — take place
- Norwegian Bokmål: forekomme — take place
- Old English: ġeweorþan — take place
- Persian: اتفاق افتادن (ettefâq oftâdan) — take place
- Persian: رخ دادن (rox dâdan) — take place
- Polish: zdarzać się — take place
- Polish: zdarzyć się — take place
- Polish: wydarzać się — take place
- Polish: wydarzyć się — take place
- Polish: dziać się — take place
- Polish: stać się — take place
- Polish: trafiać się — take place
- Polish: trafić się — take place
- Portuguese: ocorrer — take place
- Portuguese: acontecer — take place
- Russian: происходи́ть (proisxodítʹ) — take place
- Russian: произойти́ (proizojtí) — take place
- Russian: случа́ться (slučátʹsja) — take place
- Russian: случи́ться (slučítʹsja) — take place
- Scottish Gaelic: tachair — take place
- Serbo-Croatian: догодити се — take place
- Serbo-Croatian: dogoditi se — take place
- Slovak: stať sa — take place
- Slovak: udiať sa — take place
- Slovak: nastať — take place
- Slovene: zgodíti se — take place
- Spanish: ocurrir — take place
- Swedish: hända — take place
- Swedish: ske — take place
- Swedish: äga rum — take place
- Tamil: நட (naṭa) — take place
- Thai: เกิด (gə̀ət) — take place
- Tibetan: བྱུང (byung) — take place
- Turkish: olmak — take place
- Ukrainian: става́тися (stavátysja) — take place
- Ukrainian: ста́тися (státysja) — take place
- Ukrainian: трапля́тися (trapljátysja) — take place
- Ukrainian: тра́питися (trápytysja) — take place
- Ukrainian: відбува́тися (vidbuvátysja) — take place
- Ukrainian: відбу́тися (vidbútysja) — take place
- Ukrainian: чини́тися (čynýtysja) — take place
- Ukrainian: учини́тися (učynýtysja) — take place
- Ukrainian: зчини́тися (zčynýtysja) — take place
- Ukrainian: роби́тися (robýtysja) — take place
- Ukrainian: зроби́тися (zrobýtysja) — take place
- Urdu: بیتنا (bītnā) — take place
- Urdu: ہونا (honā) — take place
- Urdu: پیش آنا (peś ānā) — take place
- Vietnamese: xảy ra — take place
- Walloon: ariver — take place
- Walloon: sorvini — take place
- Czech: vyskytnout se — present itself
- Czech: naskytnout se — present itself
- Dutch: zich aanbieden — present itself
- Dutch: zich voordoen — present itself
- Dutch: plaatsvinden — present itself
- Dutch: voorkomen — present itself
- Dutch: gebeuren — present itself
- Estonian: tekkima — present itself
- Finnish: tarjoutua — present itself
- Finnish: sattua — present itself
- Finnish: tapahtua — present itself
- French: arriver — present itself
- French: se présenter — present itself
- French: se produire — present itself
- French: se passer — present itself
- French: avoir lieu — present itself
- German: vorkommen — present itself
- German: passieren — present itself
- Ido: eventar — present itself
- Japanese: ある (aru) — present itself
- Central Kurdish: ڕێکەوتن (rêkewtin) — present itself
- Central Kurdish: ڕوودان (rûdan) — present itself
- Latin: evenio — present itself
- Latin: supervenio — present itself
- Macedonian: се појавува (se pojavuva) — present itself
- Norwegian: inntreffe — present itself
- Portuguese: ocorrer — present itself
- Scottish Gaelic: tachair — present itself
- Spanish: presentarse — present itself
- Swedish: inträffa — present itself
- Tamil: வா (vā) — present itself
- Tamil: கிடை (kiṭai) — present itself
- Turkish: olmak — present itself
- Walloon: ariver — present itself
- Walloon: sorvini — present itself
- Bulgarian: хру́мне (hrúmne) — meet or come to the mind
- Bulgarian: до́йде на ум (dójde na um) — meet or come to the mind
- Czech: napadnout — meet or come to the mind
- Dutch: invallen — meet or come to the mind
- Dutch: opkomen — meet or come to the mind
- Dutch: verschijnen — meet or come to the mind
- Estonian: meenuma — meet or come to the mind
- Finnish: juolahtaa mieleen — meet or come to the mind
- Finnish: tulla mieleen — meet or come to the mind
- French: venir à l'idée (de quelqu'un) — meet or come to the mind
- German: einfallen — meet or come to the mind
- German: in den Sinn kommen — meet or come to the mind
- Greek: περνώ (pernó) — meet or come to the mind
- Hungarian: eszébe jut — meet or come to the mind
- Irish: rith le — meet or come to the mind
- Italian: sovvenire — meet or come to the mind
- Italian: venire in mente — meet or come to the mind
- Japanese: 思い浮かぶ (omoiukabu) — meet or come to the mind
- Latin: evenio — meet or come to the mind
- Latin: occurro — meet or come to the mind
- Luxembourgish: afalen — meet or come to the mind
- Macedonian: текнува (teknuva) — meet or come to the mind
- Māori: wheriko — meet or come to the mind
- Māori: ohia — meet or come to the mind
- Old English: on mōd berinnan — meet or come to the mind
- Persian: به عقل رسیدن (be 'aql residan) — meet or come to the mind
- Polish: napaść — meet or come to the mind
- Portuguese: ocorrer — meet or come to the mind
- Romanian: trece — meet or come to the mind
- Russian: приходи́ть в голову (prixodítʹ v golovu) — meet or come to the mind
- Scottish Gaelic: buail an ceann — meet or come to the mind
- Scottish Gaelic: buail air — meet or come to the mind
- Serbo-Croatian: pasti na pamet — meet or come to the mind
- Slovene: napadnúť — meet or come to the mind
- Spanish: ocurrírsele — meet or come to the mind
- Spanish: tincar — meet or come to the mind
- Tamil: தோன்று (tōṉṟu) — meet or come to the mind
- Turkish: aklına gelmek — meet or come to the mind
- Turkish: hatırlamak — meet or come to the mind
- Ukrainian: приходити в голову (pryxodyty v holovu) — meet or come to the mind
- Ukrainian: спадати на думку (spadaty na dumku) — meet or come to the mind
- Walloon: aspiter (a l' idêye) — meet or come to the mind
- Bulgarian: срещам се (sreštam se) — be present or found
- Bulgarian: намирам се (namiram se) — be present or found
- Danish: forekomme — be present or found
- Dutch: voorkomen — be present or found
- Estonian: esinema — be present or found
- Finnish: esiintyä — be present or found
- French: se retrouver — be present or found
- German: vorkommen — be present or found
- Hungarian: előfordul — be present or found
- Hungarian: megtalálható — be present or found
- Japanese: ある (aru) — be present or found
- Latin: evenio — be present or found
- Macedonian: се јавува (se javuva) — be present or found
- Macedonian: се среќава (se sreḱava) — be present or found
- Norwegian Bokmål: forekomme — be present or found
- Persian: پیداآمدن (peydāāmadan) — be present or found
- Polish: występować — be present or found
- Portuguese: ocorrer — be present or found
- Portuguese: encontrar-se — be present or found
- Scottish Gaelic: tachair — be present or found
- Swedish: förekomma — be present or found
- Tamil: தோன்று (tōṉṟu) — be present or found
- Tamil: காண் (kāṇ) — be present or found
- Turkish: (bir yerde) hazır olmak — be present or found
- Walloon: si trover — be present or found
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