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Definition of Occurrent
1. Adjective. Presently occurring (either causally or incidentally). "Technical terms are rarely occurrent in literature"
2. Noun. An event that happens.
Generic synonyms: Event
Specialized synonyms: Accompaniment, Attendant, Co-occurrence, Concomitant, Avalanche, Experience, Trouble, Treat, Miracle, Marvel, Wonder, Thing, Episode, Contingence, Contingency, Eventuality, Beginning, Conclusion, Ending, Finish, One-off, Periodic Event, Recurrent Event, Alteration, Change, Modification, Computer Error, Error, Accident, Chance Event, Fortuity, Stroke, Fire, Incident, Discharge, Case, Example, Instance, Motion, Movement, Failure, Success, Appearance, Destiny, Fate, Disappearance, Disappearance, Contact, Impinging, Striking, Finish, Collapse, Break, Interruption, Sound, Union, News Event, Flash, Convergence, Juncture, Occasion, Burst, Flare-up, Outburst, Eruption, Irruption, Outbreak, Black Eye, Blow, Reversal, Reverse, Setback, Bonanza, Boom, Bunce, Godsend, Gold Rush, Gravy, Manna From Heaven, Windfall, Collapse, Crash, Supervention
Derivative terms: Happen
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
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Occurrent
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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