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Occur

//əˈkɜː// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To happen or take place. intransitive

    "The liftoff will occur in exactly twelve seconds."

  2. 2
    come to pass wordnet
  3. 3
    To present or offer itself. intransitive

    "I will write if the opportunity occurs."

  4. 4
    come to one's mind; suggest itself wordnet
  5. 5
    To come or be presented to the mind; to suggest itself. impersonal

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

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  1. 6
    to be found to exist wordnet
  2. 7
    To be present or found. intransitive

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

Etymology

Originally "meet (in argument)", borrowed from Middle French occurrer, from Latin occurrō (“run to meet, run against, befall, present itself”) from prefix ob- (“against”) + verb currō (“run, hurry, move”).

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