occur
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
occur (occurs, present participle occurring; past and past participle occurred)
- (intransitive) To happen or take place.
- The liftoff will occur in exactly twelve seconds.
- (intransitive) To present or offer itself.
- I will write if the opportunity occurs.
- (impersonal) To come or be presented to the mind; to suggest itself.
- 1995, Theodore Kaczynski, Industrial Society and Its Future
- Apparently it never occurs to them that you can't make rapid, drastic changes in the technology and the economy of a society without causing rapid changes in all other aspects of the society as well, […]
- 1995, Theodore Kaczynski, Industrial Society and Its Future
- (intransitive, sciences) To be present or found.
- The chemical monofluoroacetate occurs in all parts of Dichapetalum cymosum, and is responsible for its toxic effects.
- (happen) belimp (obsolete), betide (obsolete), betime (obsolete), come to pass, happen, take place; See also Thesaurus:happen
- (present itself) appear, arise, come up
- (meet or come to the mind)
- (be present or found)
- French: produire, avoir lieu
- German: passieren, vorkommen
- Italian: verificarsi
- Portuguese: ocorrer, acontecer
- Russian: происходи́ть
- Spanish: ocurrir, acaecer
- French: arriver, présenter, produire, passer, avoir lieu
- German: vorkommen, passieren
- Portuguese: ocorrer
- Spanish: presentar (pronominal)
- French: venir à l'idée
- German: einfallen, in den Sinn kommen
- Italian: sovvenire, venire in mente
- Portuguese: ocorrer
- Russian: приходи́ть в голову
- Spanish: ocurrir, (Chile) tincar
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