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Definition of Occur
1. Verb. Come to pass. "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
Specialized synonyms: Break, Develop, Recrudesce, Arise, Come Up, Result, Intervene, Transpire, Give, Operate, Supervene, Go, Proceed, Come, Fall, Anticipate, Develop, Recur, Repeat, Come Off, Go Off, Go Over, Come Around, Roll Around, Happen, Materialise, Materialize, Bechance, Befall, Happen, Bechance, Befall, Betide, Coincide, Concur, Backfire, Backlash, Recoil, Chance, Break, Fall, Shine, Strike, Turn Out, Contemporise, Contemporize, Synchronise, Synchronize
Derivative terms: Hap, Happening
2. Verb. Come to one's mind; suggest itself. "A great idea then came to her"
3. Verb. To be found to exist. "Precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil"
Specialized synonyms: Geminate, Pair, Run, Collocate, Abound In, Pullulate With, Teem In
Definition of Occur
1. v. i. To meet; to clash.
Definition of Occur
1. Verb. To happen or take place. ¹
2. Verb. To present or offer itself. ¹
3. Verb. To come or be presented to the mind; to suggest itself. ¹
4. Verb. (sciences) To be present or found. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Occur
1. to take place [v -CURRED, -CURRING, -CURS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Occur
Literary usage of Occur
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"Beach cusps are the points of gravel or sand that occur at times on almost all
beaches where these materials exist. Perspective foreshortening gives them a ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... rocks in which these minerals occur. As the valuable minerals are heavier than
the waste rock, they are gradually segregated by the carrying away of the ..."
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