Occurring
//əˈkɝɪŋ// adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An instance of something occurring; an event or happening.
"The perceived and known fact on which this discussion is based, is not the difference between the occurring and the non-occurring of an act (for non-occurring does not say impossibility), nor the difference between possibility and impossibility of the act (for the possibility cannot be perceived), but the difference between the occurring and the impossibility."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of occur form-of, gerund, participle, present
- 2 present participle and gerund of occurre (obsolete form of occur) form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 That occurs in a specified manner. in-compounds, not-comparable
"naturally occurring macromolecules"
Example
More examples"Civil wars are occurring in many countries."
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