occur
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[edit] Etymology
Originally "meet, meet in argument", from Middle French occurrer, from Latin ocurrō (“‘run to meet, run against, befall, present itself’”) from ob- (“‘against’”) + currō (“‘hurry, move’”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /əˈkɜː/, X-SAMPA: Vk3:
- (US) IPA: /əˈkɝ/, X-SAMPA: Vk3`
- Audio (US)help, file
- Rhymes: -ɜː(r)
[edit] Verb
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to occur (third-person singular simple present occurs, present participle occurring, simple past and past participle occurred)
- To present or offer itself; to happen or take place.
- I will write if the opportunity occurs.
- 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,
- (sciences) To be present or found.
- The chemical monofluoroacetate occurs in all parts of Dichapetalum cymosum, and is responsible for its toxic effects.
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[edit] Translations
present itself
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meet or come to the mind
to be present or found
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