Occur

/əˈkɜː/

Synonyms for "occur" (160 found)

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Closest matches (32)

Verb(14 words)

happentake placeada appears are arise arisen arises arrive bechance befallen befalling befalls befell

Noun(3 words)

alightingart thou wellbe found in

appear arise bebe extantbe foundbe in existencebe locatedbe met withbe presentbe realizedbe situatedbe the casebe therebecome manifestbefall

Strong matches (48)

betide break breathe chance comecome aboutcome downcome offcome tocome to mindcome to passcome truecrop updawn ondawn upon onedevelop dodwell ineventuate

Verb(22 words)

betide betided betides betime born came chanced coincide coinciding comecome aboutcome to passcomes concurring croppedcross one's minddawn ondawned ensue ensued

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eventuated eventuates

Noun(7 words)

betidingchance ofchances chancing dawningdutch komenenergy result

Related words (80)

exist fall gogo offgrab onehap happenhappen to behave beinghave placehit hold indwell inhere lie livemanifest itselfmaterialize obtainoccur to

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offer itselfpasspass offplacepresent itselfprevail remain result riserise to mindstand strikestrike the mindsubsistsuggest itselfsurfacetake placetranspire true turnturn upunfold

Noun(14 words)

exist in mathematicsfinns happeningis theremischancemost existingresiding resultsurprise resultswedish existeraswedish kommathere aretranspiringyoung plant stems

Verb(21 words)

exist in natureexistedfall outfrequentsgo ongoes hap happened happens intervened intrude is passpass offrepresented resulted transpire transpired transpires was

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went

Adjective(3 words)

existing resultingweekly pattern

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More general

7 entries

action appear become cognitioncome alongmental processprocess

Collocations

6 entries

common occurrencefrequency of occurrencefrequent occurrencenatural occurrenceoccurrence in naturerare occurrence

Inflections

3 entries

occurred occurring occurs

Derivations

3 entries

occurrence occurrent recurrence

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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An emergency may occur at any time.

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According to some scholars, a major earthquake could occur at any moment now.

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Bright ideas never occur to me.

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It may occur at any moment.

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