English Dictionary
Definition of “occur”
occur (əˈkɜː
)
Definitions
verb
(intr) - to happen; take place; come about
- to be found or be present; exist
- (foll by to) to be realized or thought of (by); suggest itself (to)
Word Origin
C16: from Latin occurrere to run up to, from ob- to + currere to run
Synonyms
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happen,
take place,
come about,
follow,
result,
chance,
arise,
turn up,
come off,
ensue,
crop up,
transpire,
befall,
materialize,
come to pass,
betide,
eventuate,
Translations
- British English:
occur
When an event occurs, it happens.The crash occurred on a bend in the road.əˈkɜː VERB The crash occurred on a bend in the road.
- Spanish:
ocurrir
v
- French:
se produire
vi
- German:
geschehen
v
- Chinese: 发生 v
- Arabic: يَقَعُ vi
- Portuguese: ocorrer v
- Russian: случаться v
- Croatian: dogoditi se v
- Czech: přihodit (se) v
- Danish: optræde v
- Dutch: gebeuren v
- Finnish: tapahtua v
- Greek: συμβαίνω v
- Italian: accadere v
- Japanese: 起こる v
- Korean: 발생하다 v
- Norwegian: inntreffe v
- Polish: zdarzyć się v zdarzać się
- Brazilian Portuguese: ocorrer v
- European Spanish:
ocurrir
v
- Swedish: inträffa v
- Thai: เกิดขึ้น v
- Turkish: olmak v
- Vietnamese: xảy ra v
Usage examples
She had been warned - should have expected something like that to occur.
Martin, Joy, The Image of Laura (1993)My only concern is ensuring that we have a contingency plan for every possible event that can occur.
New Scientist (2004)The victims ' needs should be listened to and mechanisms should be put in place so that such abuse could not occur again.
Irish Times (2002)With the 300,000 heart attacks that occur each year in the UK, about 17,000 lives could be saved by the drug.
Glasgow Herald (2002)We can spend months and months trying to make small changes, but they will occur only very slowly.
Pete Cohen and Sten Cummins with Jennai Cox, HABIT BUSTING: A 10-step plan that will change your life (2002)
