occurred

[uh-kurd]

adjective

1. having happened or taken place.

   With this pause feature on the timer, you don't have to reset your current session because of any occurred interruption.

2. having appeared or presented itself.

   The area is a naturally occurred sand dune system covering two square kilometers.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of occur.

Word History and Origins

Origin of occurred¹

First recorded in 1890–95; occur + -ed ² for the adjective senses; occur + -ed ¹ for the verb sense

Example Sentences

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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"Obviously if that occurred, that would be very serious, and I agree that that would be an illegal act," Turner, a former chairman of the Intelligence Committee, told CBS.

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The raid, which occurred after the new director special forces had taken over, was never reported to the military police.

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A similar episode occurred at the Modern Language Association.

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Their analysis revealed that almost two-thirds of breed dogs retain wolf ancestry within their nuclear genome from hybridization events that occurred around 1,000 generations ago.

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