An emergency may occur at any time.
Source: tatoeba (18793)
Occur
//əˈkɜː//
Synonyms for "occur" (97 found)
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Closest matches (20)
Strong matches (29)
Related words (48)
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More general
3 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
6 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
8 entriesTranslations
216 translations across 62 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- ndodh verb (take place)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- συμφέρω verb (take place)
- τυγχάνω verb (take place)
Arabic
4 entries- جرى verb (take place)
- حَدَثَ verb (take place)
- طرا verb (take place)
- طَرَأَ verb (take place)
Armenian
1 entries- պատահել verb (take place)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- vaqe olmaq verb (take place)
Bashkir
1 entries- булыу verb (take place)
Basque
1 entries- bururatu verb (take place)
Belarusian
4 entries- адбы́цца verb (take place)
- адбыва́цца verb (take place)
- зда́рыцца verb (take place)
- здара́цца verb (take place)
Bulgarian
4 entries- до́йде на ум verb (meet or come to the mind)
- намирам се verb (be present or found)
- слу́ча се verb (take place)
- слу́чвам се verb (take place)
Catalan
1 entries- ocórrer verb (take place)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- ڕوودان verb (present itself)
- ڕێکەوتن verb (present itself)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᎭ verb (take place)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 發生 /发生 verb (take place)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 發生 /发生 verb (take place)
Czech
4 entries- dít se verb (take place)
- napadnout verb (meet or come to the mind)
- naskytnout se verb (present itself)
- nastat verb (take place)
Danish
1 entries- forekomme verb (be present or found)
Dutch
4 entries- gebeuren verb (present itself)
- invallen verb (meet or come to the mind)
- opkomen verb (meet or come to the mind)
- plaatsvinden verb (take place)
Estonian
4 entries- esinema verb (be present or found)
- meenuma verb (meet or come to the mind)
- tekkima verb (present itself)
- toimuma verb (take place)
Finnish
4 entries- esiintyä verb (be present or found)
- juolahtaa mieleen verb (meet or come to the mind)
- sattua verb (present itself)
- tapahtua verb (take place)
French
4 entries- arriver verb (present itself)
- avoir lieu verb (take place)
- avoir lieu verb (present itself)
- se passer verb (present itself)
Galician
1 entries- ocorrer verb (take place)
Georgian
1 entries- მოხდომა verb (take place)
German
4 entries- einfallen verb (meet or come to the mind)
- in den Sinn kommen verb (meet or come to the mind)
- passieren verb (take place)
- passieren verb (present itself)
Greek
1 entries- περνώ verb (meet or come to the mind)
Hindi
1 entries- बीतना verb (take place)
Hungarian
3 entries- előfordul verb (be present or found)
- eszébe jut verb (meet or come to the mind)
- megtalálható verb (be present or found)
Ido
1 entries- eventar verb (present itself)
Irish
1 entries- rith le verb (meet or come to the mind)
Italian
3 entries- sovvenire verb (meet or come to the mind)
- venire in mente verb (meet or come to the mind)
- verificarsi verb (take place)
Japanese
4 entries- ある verb (present itself)
- ある verb (be present or found)
- 思い浮かぶ verb (meet or come to the mind)
- 起こる verb (take place)
Khmer
2 entries- កើត verb (take place)
- កើតឡើង verb (take place)
Korean
2 entries- 발생하다 verb (take place)
- 일어나다 verb (take place)
Lao
3 entries- ບັງເກີດ verb (take place)
- ເກີດ verb (take place)
- ເປັນ verb (take place)
Latin
4 entries- accidō verb (take place)
- cadō verb (take place)
- evenio verb (present itself)
- evenio verb (meet or come to the mind)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- afalen verb (meet or come to the mind)
Macedonian
4 entries- се појавува verb (present itself)
- се случи verb (take place)
- се случува verb (take place)
- се среќава verb (be present or found)
Middle English
1 entries- spryngen verb (take place)
Mongolian
1 entries- болох verb (take place)
Māori
3 entries- ohia verb (meet or come to the mind)
- tū verb (take place)
- wheriko verb (meet or come to the mind)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- udjiri verb (take place)
Norwegian
2 entries- inntreffe verb (present itself)
- skje verb (take place)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- forekomme verb (take place)
- forekomme verb (be present or found)
Old English
2 entries- on mōd berinnan verb (meet or come to the mind)
- ġeweorþan verb (take place)
Persian
4 entries- اتفاق افتادن verb (take place)
- به عقل رسیدن verb (meet or come to the mind)
- رخ دادن verb (take place)
- پیداآمدن verb (be present or found)
Polish
4 entries- dziać się verb (take place)
- napaść verb (meet or come to the mind)
- stać się verb (take place)
- trafiać się verb (take place)
Portuguese
4 entries- acontecer verb (take place)
- encontrar-se verb (be present or found)
- ocorrer verb (take place)
- ocorrer verb (present itself)
Romanian
1 entries- trece verb (meet or come to the mind)
Russian
4 entries- приходи́ть в голову verb (meet or come to the mind)
- произойти́ verb (take place)
- происходи́ть verb (take place)
- случа́ться verb (take place)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- buail air verb (meet or come to the mind)
- buail an ceann verb (meet or come to the mind)
- tachair verb (take place)
- tachair verb (present itself)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- dogoditi se verb (take place)
- pasti na pamet verb (meet or come to the mind)
- догодити се verb (take place)
Slovak
3 entries- nastať verb (take place)
- stať sa verb (take place)
- udiať sa verb (take place)
Slovene
2 entries- napadnúť verb (meet or come to the mind)
- zgodíti se verb (take place)
Spanish
4 entries- acaecer verb (take place)
- ocurrir verb (take place)
- ocurrir verb (meet or come to the mind)
- presentarse verb (present itself)
Swedish
4 entries- förekomma verb (be present or found)
- hända verb (take place)
- inträffa verb (present itself)
- ske verb (take place)
Tamil
4 entries- காண் verb (be present or found)
- கிடை verb (present itself)
- தோன்று verb (meet or come to the mind)
- தோன்று verb (be present or found)
Thai
1 entries- เกิด verb (take place)
Tibetan
1 entries- བྱུང verb (take place)
Turkish
4 entries- (bir yerde) hazır olmak verb (be present or found)
- aklına gelmek verb (meet or come to the mind)
- hatırlamak verb (meet or come to the mind)
- olmak verb (take place)
Ukrainian
4 entries- відбу́тися verb (take place)
- відбува́тися verb (take place)
- зроби́тися verb (take place)
- зчини́тися verb (take place)
Urdu
3 entries- بیتنا verb (take place)
- پیش آنا verb (take place)
- ہونا verb (take place)
Vietnamese
1 entries- xảy ra verb (take place)
Walloon
4 entries- ariver verb (take place)
- ariver verb (present itself)
- aspiter (a l' idêye) verb (meet or come to the mind)
- si trover verb (be present or found)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
According to some scholars, a major earthquake could occur at any moment now.
Source: tatoeba (21463)
Bright ideas never occur to me.
Source: tatoeba (36516)
It may occur at any moment.
Source: tatoeba (42440)
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