occurring

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Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

occurring

  1. present participle and gerund of occur
  2. present participle and gerund of occurre (obsolete form of occur)

Noun[edit]

occurring (plural occurrings)

  1. An instance of something occurring; an event or happening.
    • 2016, Janet Banfield, Geography Meets Gendlin:
      While it was noted above that the interaffecting of the present by the occurrings and implyings of the past provides a means of generating a sense of a personal past through the accumulation of bodily-relevant occurrings and implyings, []

Adjective[edit]

occurring (not comparable)

  1. (in combination) That occurs in a specified manner.
    naturally occurring macromolecules

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