occur

English

WOTD – 5 August 2008

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) Originally "meet, meet in argument", borrowed 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

• IPA^(key): /əˈkɜː/
• IPA^(key): /əˈkɝ/

• Audio (GA):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To happen or take place.

   The liftoff will occur in exactly twelve seconds.

   • 1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax:

     And no use for anyone to tell Charles that this was because the Family was in mourning for Mr Granville Darracott […]: Charles might only have been second footman at Darracott Place for a couple of months when that disaster occurred, but no one could gammon him into thinking that my lord cared a spangle for his heir.

2. (intransitive) To present or offer itself.

   I will write if the opportunity occurs.

3. (impersonal) 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. (intransitive, sciences) To be present or found.

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

Synonyms

• (happen): belimp (obsolete), betide (obsolete), betime (obsolete), come to pass, happen, take place; See also Thesaurus:happen
• (present itself): appear, arise, come up
• (meet or come to the mind):
• (be present or found):

Related terms

• occurrent
• occurrence

Translations

take place

• Arabic: حَدَثَ (ḥadaṯa), وَقَعَ (waqaʕa), طَرَأَ (ar) (ṭaraʔa)

  Moroccan Arabic: طرا (ṭra), جرى (jra), وقع (wqaʕ)

• Azerbaijani: vaqe olmaq
• Belarusian: здара́цца impf (zdarácca), зда́рыцца pf (zdárycca)
• Bulgarian: случва́м се (bg) impf (slučvám se)
• Catalan: ocórrer (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 發生／发生 (faat³ sang¹), 发生 (faat³ sang¹)

  Mandarin: 發生／发生 (zh) (fāshēng), 发生 (zh) (fāshēng)

• Czech: nastat (cs) pf, udát se pf, stát se (cs) pf, odehrát se, dít se (cs)
• Dutch: plaatsvinden (nl)
• Finnish: tapahtua (fi)
• French: se produire (fr), avoir lieu (fr)
• Galician: ocorrer (gl)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: passieren (de), vorkommen (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: τυγχάνω (tunkhánō), συμφέρω (sumphérō)

• Italian: verificarsi (it)
• Japanese: 起こる (ja) (おこる, okoru)
• Khmer: កើតឡើង (km) (kaət laəng), កើត (km) (kaət)
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• Korean: 일어나다 (ko) (ireonada)
• Latin: eveniō (la), accidō (la), incidō, cadō (la), subeō
• Maori: tū
• Mongolian: болох (mn) (bolox)
• Ngazidja Comorian: udjiri
• Norwegian: skje (no)

  Bokmål: forekomme (no)

• Polish: wydarzać się (pl) impf, wydarzyć się (pl) pf
• Portuguese: ocorrer (pt), acontecer (pt)
• Russian: происходи́ть (ru) impf (proisxodítʹ), произойти́ (ru) pf (proizojtí); случа́ться (ru) impf (slučátʹsja), случи́ться (ru) pf (slučítʹsja)
• Scottish Gaelic: tachair
• Slovak: stať sa pf, udiať sa pf, nastať pf
• Spanish: ocurrir (es), acaecer (es)
• Swedish: hända (sv), ske (sv), äga rum (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Tibetan: བྱུང (byung)
• Turkish: olmak (tr)
• Ukrainian: става́тися impf (stavátysja), ста́тися pf (státysja), трапля́тися impf (trapljátysja), тра́питися pf (trápytysja), відбува́тися impf (vidbuvátysja), відбу́тися pf (vidbútysja)
• Walloon: ariver (wa), sorvini (wa)

present itself

• Czech: vyskytnout se, naskytnout se
• Dutch: zich (nl) aanbieden (nl), zich (nl) voordoen (nl), plaatsvinden (nl), voorkomen (nl), gebeuren (nl)
• Estonian: tekkima
• Finnish: tarjoutua (present itself), sattua (fi), tapahtua (fi) (to happen)
• French: arriver (fr), se présenter (fr), se produire (fr), se passer (fr), avoir lieu (fr)
• German: vorkommen (de), passieren (de)
• Ido: eventar (io)
• Japanese: ある (ja) (aru)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ,

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• Latin: evenio (la), supervenio
• Macedonian: се појавува (se pojavuva)
• Norwegian: inntreffe
• Portuguese: ocorrer (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: tachair
• Spanish: presentar (es) (pronominal)
• Swedish: inträffa (sv)
• Turkish: olmak (tr)
• Walloon: ariver (wa), sorvini (wa)

meet or come to the mind

• Bulgarian: хру́мне (bg) pf (hrúmne), до́йде на ум (dójde na um)
• Czech: napadnout (cs)
• Dutch: invallen (nl), opkomen (nl), verschijnen (nl)
• Estonian: meenuma
• Finnish: juolahtaa mieleen, tulla mieleen (fi)
• French: venir à l’idée (de quelqu’un)
• German: einfallen (de), in den Sinn kommen
• Greek: περνώ (el) (pernó)
• Hungarian: eszébe jut (hu)
• Italian: sovvenire (it), venire in mente
• Japanese: 思い浮かぶ (omoiukabu)
• Latin: evenio (la), occurro
• Luxembourgish: afalen
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• Macedonian: текнува (teknuva)
• Maori: wheriko, ohia
• Polish: napaść (pl) pf
• Portuguese: ocorrer (pt)
• Romanian: trece (ro)
• Russian: приходи́ть в голову (ru) (prixodítʹ v golovu)
• Scottish Gaelic: buail an ceann, buail air
• Serbo-Croatian: pasti na pamet
• Slovene: napadnúť impf
• Spanish: ocurrir (es), (Chile, informal) tincar (es)
• Turkish: aklına gelmek (tr), hatırlamak (tr)
• Ukrainian: приходити в голову (pryxodyty v holovu), спадати на думку (spadaty na dumku)
• Walloon: aspiter (wa) (a l' idêye)

be present or found

• Danish: forekomme
• Dutch: voorkomen (nl)
• Estonian: esinema
• Finnish: esiintyä (fi)
• French: se retrouver (fr)
• German: vorkommen (de)
• Hungarian: előfordul (hu), megtalálható
• Japanese: ある (ja) (aru)
• Latin: evenio (la)
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• Macedonian: се јавува (se javuva), се среќава (se sreḱava)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forekomme (no)

• Polish: występować (pl)
• Portuguese: ocorrer (pt), encontrar-se (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: tachair
• Swedish: förekomma (sv)
• Turkish: (bir yerde) hazır olmak (tr)
• Walloon: si trover (wa)

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• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} అవసరం కలుగు (te) (avasaraṁ kalugu), ^{(please verify)} అవసరం ఏర్పడు (te) (avasaraṁ ērpaḍu), ^{(please verify)} ఘటించు (te) (ghaṭiñcu)
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