Definition of occurs Occurs
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What does occurs mean?
Part of speech
🔤- occurs, verb, present, 3rd person singular of occur (infinitive).
WordNet
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| occur - to be found to exist; "sexism occurs in many workplaces"; "precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil" | ||
| come along, appear come into sight or view; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon" | ||
| geminate, pair arrange or combine in pairs; "The consonants are geminated in these words" | ||
| run become undone; "the sweater unraveled" | ||
| collocate group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side | ||
| abound in, pullulate with, teem in exist in large quantity | ||
| occur - come to one's mind; suggest itself; "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her" | ||
| come | ||
| become enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!" | ||
| occur - come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" | ||
| happen, hap, go on, pass off, pass, fall out, come about, take place | ||
| recrudesce, develop, break expand in the form of a series; "Develop the function in the following form" | ||
| arise, come up result or issue; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion" | ||
| result come about or follow as a consequence; "nothing will result from this meeting" | ||
| intervene occur between other event or between certain points of time; "the war intervened between the birth of her two children" | ||
| transpire give off (water) through the skin | ||
| give proffer (a body part); "She gave her hand to her little sister" | ||
| operate happen; "What is going on in the minds of the people?" | ||
| supervene take place as an additional or unexpected development | ||
| proceed, go follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?" | ||
| come come to pass; arrive, as in due course; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June" | ||
| fall pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work" | ||
| anticipate be a forerunner of or occur earlier than; "This composition anticipates Impressionism" | ||
| develop expand in the form of a series; "Develop the function in the following form" | ||
| recur, repeat happen or occur again; "This is a recurring story" | ||
| come off, go over, go off be discharged or activated; "the explosive devices went off" | ||
| roll around, come around happen regularly; "Christmas rolled around again" | ||
| materialise, materialize, happen come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" | ||
| bechance, befall, happen become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?" | ||
| betide, bechance, befall become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?" | ||
| concur, coincide happen simultaneously; "The two events coincided" | ||
| backlash, backfire, recoil set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire | ||
| chance be the case by chance; "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street" | ||
| break weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death" | ||
| shine, strike, fall be clear and obvious; "A shining example" | ||
| turn out come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons; "How many people turned out that evening?" | ||
| contemporise, contemporize, synchronise, synchronize make synchronous and adjust in time or manner; "Let's synchronize our efforts" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- occur (v. i.)
To meet; to clash. - occur (v. i.)
To go in order to meet; to make reply. - occur (v. i.)
To meet one's eye; to be found or met with; to present itself; to offer; to appear; to happen; to take place; as, I will write if opportunity occurs. - occur (v. i.)
To meet or come to the mind; to suggest itself; to be presented to the imagination or memory.
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(For an event) Have a real existence. -
occur
To meet or come to the mind; to suggest itself; -
occur
To come to pass.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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occur
o-kur′, v.i. to come or be presented to the mind: to happen: to appear: to be found here and there: to coincide in time:—pr.p. occur′ring; pa.p. occurred′.—ns. Occur′rence, anything that occurs: an event, esp. one unlooked for or unplanned: occasional presentation; Occur′rent, one who comes to meet another: (B.) an occurrence or chance.—adj. (B.) coming in the way. [Fr.,—L. occurrĕre—ob, towards, currĕre, to run.]
Part of speech
🔤- occur, verb, present, 1st person singular of occur (infinitive).
- occur, verb (infinitive).
