occur

WOTD - 5 August 2008    

English

Etymology

Originally "meet, meet in argument", from Middle French occurrer, from Latin occurrō (“run to meet, run against, befall, present itself”) from prefix ob- (“against”) + verb currō (“run, hurry, move”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /əˈkɜː/, X-SAMPA: Vk3:
• (US) IPA: /əˈkɝ/, X-SAMPA: Vk3`

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)

Verb

occur (third-person singular simple present occurs, present participle occurring, simple past and past participle occurred)

1. To happen or take place

   The liftoff will occur in exactly twelve seconds.

2. To present or offer itself

   I will write if the opportunity occurs.

3. 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, [...]

4. (sciences) To be present or found.

   The chemical monofluoroacetate occurs in all parts of Dichapetalum cymosum, and is responsible for its toxic effects.

Related terms

• occurrent
• occurrence

Translations

to take place

Czech: nastat (cs), udát se (cs), stát se (cs), odehrát se (cs), dít se (cs) Dutch: plaatsvinden (nl) Finnish: tapahtua (fi) French: se produire (fr), avoir lieu (fr) German: passieren (de), vorkommen (de)

Latin: evenio (la), accido (la), incido (la), cado (la), subeo (la) Scottish Gaelic: tachair (gd) Slovak: nastať, udiať sa Swedish: hända (sv), ske (sv), äga rum (sv) Turkish: olmak (tr)

present itself

Czech: vyskytnout se (cs), naskytnout se (cs) Dutch: zich (nl) aanbieden (nl), zich (nl) voordoen (nl), plaatsvinden (nl), voorkomen (nl), gebeuren (nl) Estonian: tekkima (et) Finnish: tarjoutua (fi) (present itself); sattua (fi), tapahtua (fi) (to happen) French: arriver (fr), se (fr) présenter, se (fr) produire, se (fr) passer, avoir lieu (fr) German: vorkommen (de), passieren (de)

Ido: eventar (io) Kurdish: ڕێکه‌وتن, ڕوودان Latin: evenio (la), supervenio (la) Macedonian: се појавува (mk) (se pojávuva) Norwegian: inntreffe (no) Portuguese: ocorrer (pt) Scottish Gaelic: tachair (gd) Spanish: ocurrir (es) Turkish: olmak (tr)

meet or come to the mind

Bosnian: pasti na pamet (bs) Czech: napadnout (cs) Dutch: invallen (nl), opkomen (nl), verschijnen (nl) Estonian: meenuma (et) Finnish: juolahtaa (fi) mieleen (fi), tulla mieleen (fi) French: venir à l’idée (de quelqu’un) German: einfallen, in den Sinn kommen Hungarian: eszébe jut (hu)

Latin: evenio (la), occurro (la) Luxembourgish: afalen (lb) Macedonian: текнува (mk) (téknuva) Portuguese: ocorrer (pt) Romanian: trece (ro) Scottish Gaelic: buail an ceann (gd), buail air (gd) Spanish: ocurrir (es), (Chile, informal) tincar (es) Turkish: aklına gelmek (tr), hatırlamak (tr)

to be present or found

Dutch: voorkomen (nl) Estonian: esinema (et) Finnish: esiintyä (fi) French: se retrouver German: vorkommen (de) Hungarian: előfordul (hu), megtalálható (hu)

Latin: evenio (la) Macedonian: се јавува (mk) (se jávuva), се среќава (mk) (se sréḱava) Scottish Gaelic: tachair (gd) Swedish: förekomma (sv) Turkish: (bir yerde) hazır olmak (tr)

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Telugu: కలుగు (అవసరం కలుగు), ఏర్పడు (అవసరం ఏర్పడు), ఘటించు