Occurrent

//əˈkʌɹənt// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An event, something that occurs.

    "the only comfort (saith Jovius) he had to ease his melancholy thoughts, was to hear news, and to listen after those ordinary occurrents, which were brought him cum primis, by letters or otherwise, out of the remotest parts of Europe."

  2. 2
    an event that happens wordnet
  3. 3
    One who comes to meet another.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Current, actual, occurring.
  2. 2
    Pertaining to occurrence; having to do with an occurrence.

    "I hold the occurrent belief that I'm writing this sentence"

Adjective
  1. 1
    presently occurring (either causally or incidentally) wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
currenthappeninghappeningnatural eventoccurrenceperdurant

Example

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"I hold the occurrent belief that I'm writing this sentence"

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French occurrent and its source, Latin occurrēns.

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