co-occur

Or co·oc·cur

[koh-uh-kur]

verb (used without object)

co-occurred, co-occurring 

1. to appear together in sequence or simultaneously.

Other Word Forms

• co-occurrence noun
• cooccurrence noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of co-occur¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

French says the way influencer stressors co-occur with other stressors is similar to the way humans experience co-morbidities, such as when someone is diagnosed with heart disease.

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Previous studies have demonstrated that wildfires and extreme heat co-occur with great frequency, and that people’s physiological responses to the hazards are related, he said.

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Red deer density is only reduced when wolves, lynx and bears co-occur at the same site.

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These sleep spindles often co-occur with slow-wave sleep, a particular frequency of slowly oscillating EEG activity.

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It extracts hashtags, links, accounts and other features that co-occur in tweets about topics a user wishes to study.

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