Occur

/əˈkɜː/ · verb

Meaning

(intransitive) To happen or take place..

Definitions by Sense

1. (intransitive) To happen or take place.
2. (intransitive) To present or offer itself.
3. (impersonal) To come or be presented to the mind; to suggest itself.
4. (intransitive, sciences) To be present or found.

Example Sentences

The liftoff will occur in exactly twelve seconds.

And no use for anyone to tell Charles that this was because the Family was in mourning for Mr Granville Darracott […]: Charles might only have been second footman at Darracott Place for a couple of months when that disaster occurred, but no one could gammon him into thinking that my lord cared a spangle for his heir.

I will write if the opportunity occurs.

One little incident of my school days occurs to me as amusing.

It occurred to him to tell me of the problem.

Apparently it never occurs to them that you can't make rapid, drastic changes in the technology and the economy of a society without causing rapid changes in all other aspects of the society as well, […]

The chemical monofluoroacetate occurs in all parts of Dichapetalum cymosum, and is responsible for its toxic effects.

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• occurs
• occurring
• occurred
• occurre

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