occurred
Use Occurred in a sentence
verb (used without object), oc·curred, oc·cur·ring.
1.
to happen; take place; come to pass: When did the accident occur?
2.
to be met with or found; present itself; appear.
3.
to suggest itself in thought; come to mind (usually followed by to ): An idea occurred to me.
Origin:
1520–30; < Latin occurrere to run to meet, arrive, meet, equivalent to oc- oc- + currere to run
1520–30; < Latin occurrere to run to meet, arrive, meet, equivalent to oc- oc- + currere to run
Related forms
pre·oc·cur, verb (used without object), pre·oc·curred, pre·oc·cur·ring.
re·oc·cur, verb (used without object), re·oc·curred, re·oc·cur·ring.
un·oc·cur·ring, adjective
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is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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| —vb , -curs, -curring, -curred | |
| 1. | to happen; take place; come about |
| 2. | to be found or be present; exist |
| 3. | ( |
| 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 | |
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Word Origin & History
occur
1520s, "meet, meet in argument," from M.Fr. occurrer, from L. occurrere "run to meet, run against, befall, present itself," from ob "against, toward" + currere "to run" (see current). Sense development is from "meet" to "present itself" to "appear" to "happen" ("present
itself in the course of events"). Meaning "to come into one's mind" is from 1620s. Related: Occurred.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Frankly, it never would have occurred to me to test flying squirrels in a wind tunnel.
In my preparations for the job-seeking process, it never occurred to me that it might result in job-obtaining.
Similar protests occurred in other towns across the country.
It was also presumed that the redshift would also indicate the amount of spacetime expansion that had occurred since emission.
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