occur

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.

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

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occur

Verb

[-curring, -curred]

1. to happen

2. to be found or be present; exist

3. occur to to come into the mind of [Latin occurrere to run up to]

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.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	occur - come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" come about, hap, happen, take place, go on, pass off, fall out, pass 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" come 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

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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

verb 2. exist, appear, be found, develop, obtain, turn up, be present, be met with, manifest itself, present itself, show itself

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

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 [əˈkəːʳ] vi → ocurrir, suceder;

to occur to sb → ocurrírsele a algn

occur [əˈkəːʳ] vi → se produire; [difficulty, opportunity] → se présenter; [phenomenon, error] → se rencontrer;

to occur to sb → venir à l'esprit de qn

occur [əˈkəːʳ] vi (= take place) → geschehen, sich ereignen (= exist); vorkommen;

to occur to sb → jdm einfallen

occur [əˈkəːʳ] vi → accadere; [difficulty, opportunity] → capitare; [phenomenon, error] → trovarsi;

to occur to sb → venire in mente a qn

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occur

v occur [əˈkəː]

1 to take place The accident occurred yesterday morning.gebeur, plaasvindيَحْدُثслучвам сеstát seskesich ereignenσυμβαίνω, γίνομαιocurrir, suceder, tener lugarjuhtumaاتفاق افتادنtapahtuase produireלְהִתרַחֵשघटित होनाpojaviti se, dogoditi se(meg)történikterjadikoma fyriraccadere, succedere起こる일어나다, 발생하다atsitikti, įvyktiatgadīties; notiktberlakuplaatsvindenhende, skjezdarzyć się, zajśćocorrera avea loc, a se petreceслучатьсяstať sazgoditi sedogoditi seinträffa, hända, skeเกิดขึ้นolmak, meydana gelmek發生траплятися; відбуватисяواقع ہوناxảy ra发生

2 (with to) to come into one's mind An idea occurred to him; It occurred to me to visit my parents.byval, opkomيَخْطُر في بالِه، يَتَبادَر إلى ذِهْنِهидва ми на умnapadnout (koho)falde indeinfallenέρχομαι στο νου, περνώ από το μυαλόocurrirturgatamaخطور کردنjuolahtaa mieleenvenir à l'esprit (de)לַעֲלוֹת על דַעתוֹदिमाग में आनाsinutieszébe jutterpikirkoma (e-m) í hug(venire in mente)心に浮かぶ떠오르다, 생각나다ateiti į galvąienākt prātāterlintas di fikiranopkomenfalle inn, slåprzyjść (do głowy)ocorrera(-i) veni în minte; a-i trece prin capприходить в головуnapadnúť (koho)priti na miselpasti na pametfalla ngn inเข้ามาในจิตใจaklına gelmek想到，想起спадати на думкуآنا، درآناnảy ra想到，想起

3 to be found Oil occurs under the sea.voorkom, kom voorيَنْوَجِدнамирам сеvyskytovat sefindesvorkommenβρίσκομαιexistir, encontrarseleidumaیافت شدنesiintyäse trouverלְהִימָצֵאमिलनाnalaziti se(meg)találhatóditemukanfinnasttrovarsi見出される보이다, 나타나다pasitaikytibūt sastopamam/atrodamamterdapatzich bevindenfinnes, forekommewystępowaćexistira se găsiвстречатьсяvyskytovať sanahajati senalaziti seförekomma, finnas, påträffasมีอยู่bulunmak被發現，存在залягатиپايا جاناtìm thấy被发现，存在

n ocˈcurrence [-ˈka-, (American ) -ˈkə:-]

a strange occurrence.voorval, gebeurtenis, verskynselحادِثَه، حُدوثпояваudálosthændelsedas Ereignisσυμβάν, περιστατικόsucesojuhtumاتفاقsattumaévénementאירוּעघटनाdogađaj, pojavaeseménykejadianviðburðuravvenimentoでき事발생, 사건atsitikimas, įvykis, reiškinysgadījums; notikumskejadianvoorvalhendelse; forekomstwydarzenieocorrênciaevenimentслучайudalosťdogodekdogađajhändelse, tilldragelseเหตุการณ์ที่เกิดขึ้นolay, hadise發生випадок; заляганняواقعہsự kiện, sự cố发生

occurrence, ~occurred and occurring have two r s.