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occur

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oc·cur  (-kûr)
intr.v. oc·curred, oc·cur·ring, oc·curs
1. To take place; come about. See Synonyms at happen.
2. To be found to exist or appear: Copper deposits occur in the region.
3. To come to mind: The idea never occurred to me.

[Latin occurrere : ob-, toward; see ob- + currere, to run; see kers- in Indo-European roots.]

occur [əˈkɜː]
vb -curs, -curring, -curred (intr)
1. to happen; take place; come about
2. to be found or be present; exist
3. (foll by to) to be realized or thought of (by); suggest itself (to)
[from Latin occurrere to run up to, from ob- to + currere to run]
Usage: It is usually regarded as incorrect to talk of pre-arranged events occurring or happening: the wedding took place (not occurred or happened) in the afternoon
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.occur - come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
recrudesce, develop, break - happen; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time"
come up, arise - result or issue; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion"
result - come about or follow as a consequence; "nothing will result from this meeting"
intervene - occur between other event or between certain points of time; "the war intervened between the birth of her two children"
transpire - come about, happen, or occur; "Several important events transpired last week"
give - occur; "what gives?"
operate - happen; "What is going on in the minds of the people?"
supervene - take place as an additional or unexpected development
proceed, go - follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?"
come - come to pass; arrive, as in due course; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June"
fall - occur at a specified time or place; "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable"
anticipate - be a forerunner of or occur earlier than; "This composition anticipates Impressionism"
develop - be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; "The plot developed slowly";
recur, repeat - happen or occur again; "This is a recurring story"
come off, go over, go off - happen in a particular manner; "how did your talk go over?"
roll around, come around - happen regularly; "Christmas rolled around again"
materialise, materialize, happen - come into being; become reality; "Her dream really materialized"
bechance, befall, happen - happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things befell" (Santayana)
bechance, befall, betide - become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?"
coincide, concur - happen simultaneously; "The two events coincided"
backfire, backlash, recoil - come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"
chance - be the case by chance; "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street"
break - happen or take place; "Things have been breaking pretty well for us in the past few months"
fall, shine, strike - touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears"
turn out - prove to be in the result or end; "It turns out that he was right"
contemporise, contemporize, synchronise, synchronize - happen at the same time
2.occur - come to one's mind; suggest itself; "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her"
become - come into existence; "What becomes has duration"
3.occur - to be found to exist; "sexism occurs in many workplaces"; "precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil"
come along, appear - come into being or existence, or appear on the scene; "Then the computer came along and changed our lives"; "Homo sapiens appeared millions of years ago"
geminate, pair - occur in pairs
run - occur persistently; "Musical talent runs in the family"
collocate - have a strong tendency to occur side by side; "The words 'new' and 'world' collocate"
abound in, pullulate with, teem in - exist in large quantity

occur
verb
1. happen, take place, come about, follow, result, chance, arise, turn up (informal), come off (informal), ensue, crop up (informal), transpire (informal), befall, materialize, come to pass (archaic), betide, eventuate The deaths occurred when troops tried to disperse the demonstrators.
2. exist, appear, be found, develop, obtain, turn up, be present, be met with, manifest itself, present itself, show itself The disease occurs throughout Africa.
occur to someone come to mind, strike someone, dawn on someone, come to you, spring to mind, cross someone's mind, present itself to someone, enter someone's head, offer itself to someone, suggest itself to someone It didn't occur to me to check my insurance policy.
Usage: It is usually regarded as incorrect to talk of pre-arranged events occurring or happening. For this meaning a synonym such as take place would be more appropriate: the wedding took place (not occurred or happened) in the afternoon.
Translations
occur [əˈkɜːʳ] VI
1. (= happen) → ocurrir, suceder
to occur againvolver a suceder, repetirse
don't let it (ever) occur againque no se vuelva a repetir(nunca)
if a vacancy occurssi se produce una vacante
if the opportunity occurssi se presenta la oportunidad
2. (= be found) → darse, encontrarse
the plant occurs all over Spainla planta se da en todas partes en España
3. (= come to mind) to occur to sbocurrírsele a algn
it occurs to me thatse me ocurre que ...
it occurred to me to ask himse me ocurrió preguntárselo
such an idea would never have occurred to hersemejante idea jamás se le hubiera ocurrido or pasado por la mente

occur [əˈkɜːr] vi
(= happen) [incident, event] → se produire; [phenomenon, error] → se produire
The accident occurred yesterday → L'accident s'est produit hier.
the chances of an accident occurring → les chances qu'un accident se produise
Mistakes are bound to occur → Il est inévitable que des erreurs se produisent.
(= appear) [phrase, word] → apparaître
The phrase occurs often in the Quran → L'expression apparaît souvent dans le Coran.
(= be present) → être présent
Racism and sexism occur in all institutions → Le racisme et le sexisme sont présents dans toutes les institutions.
to occur naturally in sth → être naturellement présent dans qch
Nitrates are chemicals that occur naturally in water → Les nitrates sont des substances chimiques qui sont naturellement présentes dans l'eau
[difficulty, opportunity] → se présenter
to occur to sb [idea, thought] → venir à l'esprit de qn
It suddenly occurred to me that → Il m'est soudain venu à l'esprit que ...
It never occurred to me to ask → Il ne m'est jamais venu à l'esprit de demander.

occur
vi
(= take place) (event)geschehen, sich ereignen, vorkommen; (difficulty)sich ergeben; (change)stattfinden; that doesn’t occur very oftendas kommt nicht oft vor, das gibt es nicht oft; don’t let it occur againlassen Sie das nicht wieder vorkommen, dass das nicht wieder passiert!; should a fault occursollte ein Fehler auftreten; if the opportunity occurswenn sich die Gelegenheit bietet or ergibt
(= be found: disease) → vorkommen
(= come to mind)einfallen, in den Sinn kommen (geh)(to sb jdm); if it occurs to you that he is wrongfalls es Ihnen so vorkommt, als habe er sich geirrt; it occurs to me that …ich habe den Eindruck, dass …; the idea just occurred to mees ist mir gerade eingefallen; it never occurred to medarauf bin ich noch nie gekommen; it didn’t even occur to him to asker kam erst gar nicht auf den Gedanken, zu fragen; did it ever occur to you to apologize?hast du eigentlich je daran gedacht, dich zu entschuldigen?

occur [əˈkɜːʳ] vi
a. (event) → accadere; (difficulty, opportunity) → presentarsi; (phenomenon) → aver luogo; (error, word, plant) → essere presente, trovarsi
to occur again → ripetersi
b. (come to mind) to occur to sbvenire in mente a qn
such an idea would never have occurred to her → una tale idea non le sarebbe mai venuta in mente

occur [əˈkɜːʳ] vi
a. (event) → accadere; (difficulty, opportunity) → presentarsi; (phenomenon) → aver luogo; (error, word, plant) → essere presente, trovarsi
to occur again → ripetersi
b. (come to mind) to occur to sbvenire in mente a qn
such an idea would never have occurred to her → una tale idea non le sarebbe mai venuta in mente

occur
v occur [əˈkəː]
1 to take place The accident occurred yesterday morning. gebeur, plaasvind يَحْدُث случвам се stát se ske sich ereignen συμβαίνω, γίνομαι ocurrir, suceder, tener lugar juhtuma اتفاق افتادن sattua se produire לְהִתרַחֵש घटित होना pojaviti se, dogoditi se (meg)történik terjadi koma fyrir accadere, succedere 起こる 생기다 atsitikti, įvykti atgadīties; notikt berlaku plaatsvinden hende, skje zdarzyć się, zajść ocorrer a avea loc, a se petrece случаться stať sa zgoditi se dogoditi se inträffa, hända, ske เกิดขึ้น olmak, meydana gelmek 發生 траплятися; відбуватися واقع ہونا xảy ra
2 (withto) to come into one's mind An idea occurred to him; It occurred to me to visit my parents. byval, opkom يَخْطُر في بالِه، يَتَبادَر إلى ذِهْنِه идва ми на ум napadnout (koho) falde ind einfallen έρχομαι στο νου, περνώ από το μυαλό ocurrir turgatama خطور کردن pälkähtää venir à l'esprit (de) לַעֲלוֹת על דַעתוֹ दिमाग में आना sinuti eszébe jut terpikir koma (e-m) í hug (venire in mente) 心に浮かぶ 문득 생각나다 ateiti į galvą ienākt prātā terlintas di fikiran opkomen falle inn, slå przyjść (do głowy) ocorrer a(-i) veni în minte; a-i trece prin cap приходить в голову napadnúť (koho) priti na misel pasti na pamet falla ngn in เข้ามาในจิตใจ aklına gelmek 想到,想起 спадати на думку آنا، درآنا nảy ra
3 to be found Oil occurs under the sea. voorkom, kom voor يَنْوَجِد намирам се vyskytovat se findes vorkommen βρίσκομαι existir, encontrarse leiduma یافت شدن esiintyä se trouver לְהִימָצֵא मिलना nalaziti se (meg)található ditemukan finnast trovarsi 見出される (물건 등이) 나오다 pasitaikyti būt sastopamam/atrodamam terdapat zich bevinden finnes, forekomme występować existir a se găsi встречаться vyskytovať sa nahajati se nalaziti se förekomma, finnas, påträffas มีอยู่ bulunmak 被發現,存在 залягати پايا جانا tìm thấy
n ocˈcurrence [-ˈka-, (American ) -ˈkə:-]
a strange occurrence. voorval, gebeurtenis, verskynsel حادِثَه، حُدوث поява událost hændelse das Ereignis συμβάν, περιστατικό suceso juhtum اتفاق tapahtuma événement אירוּע घटना događaj, pojava esemény kejadian viðburður avvenimento でき事 발생 atsitikimas, įvykis, reiškinys gadījums; notikums kejadian voorval hendelse; forekomst wydarzenie ocorrência eveniment случай udalosť dogodek događaj händelse, tilldragelse เหตุการณ์ที่เกิดขึ้น olay, hadise 發生 випадок; залягання واقعہ sự kiện, sự cố

occurrence, ~occurred and occurring have two r s.


occur يقَََع přihodit (se) optræde geschehen συμβαίνω ocurrir tapahtua se produire dogoditi se accadere 起こる 발생하다 gebeuren inntreffe zdarzyć się ocorrer случаться inträffa เกิดขึ้น olmak xảy ra 发生


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