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verb (used without object), -curred, -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), -curred, -cur·ring.
re·oc·cur, verb (used without object), -curred, -cur·ring.
un·oc·cur·ring, adjective
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is always a great word to know.
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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
EXPAND itself in the course of events"). Meaning "to come into one's mind" is from 1620s. Related: Occurred.
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