occur

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations

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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

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

1. To present or offer itself; to happen or take place.

   I will write if the opportunity occurs.

2. 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, [...]

3. (sciences) To be present or found.

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

[edit] Related terms

• occurrent
• occurrence

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