occurring

Variant of occur

intransitive verb occurred, occurring

  1. to be found; exist: fish occur in most waters
  2. to present itself; come to mind: an idea occurred to him
  3. to take place; happen

Origin: L occurrere, to run, come up to, meet < ob- (see ob-) + currere, to run: see current

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