occur

Signification

1. To happen or take place.
2. To present or offer itself.
3. To come or be presented to the mind; to suggest itself.
4. To be present or found.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/əˈkɜː/

Étymologie

Originally "meet, meet in argument", borrowed from Middle French occurrer, from Latin occurrō (“run to meet, run against, befall, present itself”) from prefix ob- (“against”) + verb currō (“run, hurry, move”).

Phrases

It didn't even occur to the boy to flee .

Il ne venait même pas à l'idée du garçon pour fuir.

The referendum did not provide how the reduction of members was to occur .

Le référendum n'a pas fourni comment la réduction des membres devait se produire.