occur
Americanverb (used without object)
verb
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to happen; take place; come about
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to be found or be present; exist
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(foll by to) to be realized or thought of (by); suggest itself (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
Related Words
See happen.
Other Word Forms
- preoccur verb (used without object)
- reoccur verb (used without object)
- unoccurring adjective
Etymology
Origin of occur
First recorded in 1520–30; from Latin occurrere “to run to meet, arrive, meet,” equivalent to oc- oc- + currere “to run”
Example Sentences
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Research published in medical journals indicates that myocarditis after a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine is rare, although it is more likely to occur in boys within the first week of receiving the second dose.
From MarketWatch
When the team applied zap-and-freeze to the human tissue samples, they found the same vesicle recycling steps occurring in human neurons.
From Science Daily
Some of the evidence "conflated" different things in regard to a fixture against Ajax in Amsterdam, he said, giving one example of running street battles that did not occur on a match day.
From BBC
The first attempt to access the report at the address where it was to eventually be posted occurred at 05:16 U.K. time, more than seven hours before Reeves was due to begin speaking.
This contraction was driven by a surge in Chinese silver exports in October, mostly shipped to London, where severe shortages have occurred.
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