occur

oc·cur

Use occur in a sentence

verb

To occur is to happen or to be found.

An example of occur is when a car crash happens at 2:00.
An example of occur is to find a shark in a specific area of the ocean.

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occur

intransitive verb

-·curred′, -·cur′ring

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

Origin of occur

Classical Latin occurrere, to run, come up to, meet from ob- (see ob-) + currere, to run: see current

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occur

intransitive verb

oc·curred, oc·cur·ring, oc·curs

To take place; come about. See Synonyms at happen.
To be found to exist or appear: Copper deposits occur in the region.
To come to mind: The idea never occurred to me.

Origin of occur

Latin occurrere ob- toward ; see ob- . currere to run ; see kers- in Indo-European roots.

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Verb

(third-person singular simple present occurs, present participle occurring, simple past and past participle occurred)

To happen or take place.
The liftoff will occur in exactly twelve seconds.
To present or offer itself.
I will write if the opportunity occurs.
(impersonal) To come or be presented to the mind; to suggest itself.
(sciences) To be present or found.
The chemical monofluoroacetate occurs in all parts of Dichapetalum cymosum, and is responsible for its toxic effects.

Origin

Originally "meet, meet in argument", from Middle French occurrer, from Latin occurrÅ (“run to meet, run against, befall, present itself") from prefix ob- (“against") + verb currÅ (“run, hurry, move").

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