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- Dictionaryoccur/əˈkəː/
verb
- 1. happen; take place: "the accident occurred at about 3.30 p.m." Similar
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OCCUR definition: 1. (especially of accidents and other unexpected events) to happen: 2. to exist or be present in…. Learn more.
The meaning of OCCUR is to be found or met with : appear. How to use occur in a sentence. The Meaning of Occur and the Spelling of Its Forms
OCCUR meaning: 1. (especially of accidents and other unexpected events) to happen: 2. to exist or be present in…. Learn more.
Occur definition: to happen; take place; come to pass. See examples of OCCUR used in a sentence.
[VERB] The crash occurred when the crew shut down the wrong engine. [VERB] In March 1770, there occurred what became known as the Boston Massacre. [VERB] 2. verb. When something occurs in a particular place, it exists or is present there. The cattle disease occurs more or less anywhere in Africa where the fly occurs. [VERB adverb/preposition]
Use the verb occur when an event or a thought happens, like when it occurs to you that you've left home without your umbrella. Maybe you didn't hear the forecast that showers would occur this afternoon. The verb occur comes from the Latin, occurrere, “to meet” or “to present itself.”
Definition of occur verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. To take place; come about. See Synonyms at happen. 2. To be found to exist or appear: Copper deposits occur in the region. 3. To come to mind: The idea never occurred to me. [Latin occurrere : ob-, toward; see ob- + currere, to run; see kers- in Indo-European roots .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
OCCUR definition: 1. to happen, often without being planned: 2. to exist or be present in a particular place or…. Learn more.
to be met with or found; present itself; appear. to suggest itself in thought; come to mind (usually fol. by to): An idea occurred to me. Latin occurrere to run to meet, arrive, meet, equivalent. to oc- oc - + currere to run. 1520–30. 1. befall.
