Definition of Occurrent

1. Noun. An event that happens.


2. Adjective. Presently occurring (either causally or incidentally). "Technical terms are rarely occurrent in literature"
Similar to: Current
Derivative terms: Occurrence

Definition of Occurrent

1. a. Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental.

2. n. One who meets; hence, an adversary.

Definition of Occurrent

1. Adjective. Current, actual, occurring. ¹

2. Noun. (context: now chiefly philosophy) An event, something that occurs. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Occurrent

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Occurrent

occupations
occupied
occupier
occupiers
occupies
occupy oneself
occupying
occur
occured
occurence
occuring
occurred
occurrence
occurrences
occurrent (current term)
occurrents
occurring
occurs
occursion
occursions
occy
occæcation
ocean
ocean-going
ocean-type fish
ocean bottom
ocean current
ocean dumping
ocean floor

Literary usage of Occurrent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1810)
"Wherein all the main Questions, occurrent in both, are stated, disputed, and determined. Done by an earnest desirer of "his Country's Peace. ..."

2. The Official Baronage of England: Showing the Succession, Dignities, and by James William Edmund Doyle (1886)
"SUPPORTERS— Two eagles regardant, wings displayed & inverted proper, each charged on the breast with an ermine spot sable. MOTTOES—1. occurrent ..."

3. Practical Manual of Minerals, Mines and Mining: Comprising Suggestions as to by Henry Stafford Osborn (1887)
"... of lead determined from the sulphate of lead ; of the latter 68.31 parts, by weight, are lead in every 100 parts of sulphate. ZINC. occurrent FORM. ..."

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