occur

English

WOTD – 5 August 2008    

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.

Synonyms

• belimp
• betide
• betime
• happen
• take place

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)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: passieren (de), vorkommen (de)
• Japanese: 起こる (ja) (okolu)

• Latin: evenio (la), accido (la), incido (la), cado (la), subeo (la)
• Polish: wydarzać się / wydarzyć się
• Portuguese: ocorrer (pt), acontecer (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: tachair (gd)
• Slovak: nastať, udiať sa
• Spanish: ocurrir (es)
• 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)

• Japanese: ある (ja) (alu)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ڕێکه‌وتن, ڕوودان

• Latin: evenio (la), supervenio (la)
• Macedonian: се појавува (mk) (se pojávuva)
• Norwegian: inntreffe (no)
• Portuguese: ocorrer (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: tachair (gd)
• Spanish: presentar (es) (pronominal)
• Turkish: olmak (tr)

meet or come to the mind

• 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)
• Japanese: 思い浮かぶ (ja) (omoiukabu)
• 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)
• Serbo-Croatian: pasti na pamet (sh)
• Spanish: ocurrir (es), (Chile, informal) tincar (es)
• Turkish: aklına gelmek (tr), hatırlamak (tr)

to be present or found

• Danish: forekomme (da)
• Dutch: voorkomen (nl)
• Estonian: esinema (et)
• Finnish: esiintyä (fi)
• French: se retrouver
• German: vorkommen (de)
• Hungarian: előfordul (hu), megtalálható (hu)
• Japanese: ある (ja) (alu)
• Latin: evenio (la)

• Macedonian: се јавува (mk) (se jávuva), се среќава (mk) (se sréḱava)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forekomme (no)

• Polish: występować
• Portuguese: ocorrer (pt), encontrar-se (pt)
• 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