occur

Meaning

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.

Concepts

occur

happen

take place

come about

appear

arise

befall

come

pass

come up

go on

come to pass

transpire

rise

emerge

turn up

hap

be

strike

start

develop

come to mind

fall out

pass off

fall

caused

betide

arrive

get

produce

come across

begin

break

originate

supervene

produced

come into existence

break out

become

offer

ensue

bechance

end up

manage

succeed

come upon

brought about

lift

bring about

spring

commence

dawn

unfold

intervene

exist

be held

spring up

fall to the lot

arrive by chance

come off

cook

answer

rejoin

reply

respond

retort

generating

genesis

occurrence

created

result

come on

accrue

descend upon

light upon

come into being

form

attack

come forward

come to light

found

act

bear

behave

carry on

conduct

perform

play

run

spring to mind

chance

hurt

smart

fall on

remind

come true

carried out

held

affect

go through

penetrate

transcend

undergo

going on

be necessary

must

take

want

face

introduce

look

present

seem

show

appeal

apply

have recourse

recur

repeat

rerun

resort

run again

turn

be found

present itself

be the result

anticipate

think of

go

be up

get up

stand up

uprise

materialise

materialize

objectify

reify

cross paths

occasion

time

doubt

go up

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈkɜː/

Etymology

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”).

Sentences

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

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