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.

Synonyms

happen

take place

come about

appear

arise

befall

come

pass

come up

go on

come to pass

rise

emerge

transpire

hap

be

turn up

fall

caused

develop

start

strike

fall out

pass off

betide

come to mind

come into existence

become

supervene

arrive

produce

begin

produced

get

break

come across

break out

ensue

originate

offer

bechance

go through

go up

held

hurt

intervene

introduce

lift

look

manage

materialise

materialize

must

objectify

occasion

occurrence

penetrate

perform

play

present

recur

reify

rejoin

remind

repeat

🔁

reply

rerun

resort

respond

result

retort

run

seem

show

smart

spring

spring up

stand up

succeed

take

think of

time

⌚

present itself

transcend

turn

undergo

unfold

uprise

want

be necessary

brought about

come upon

descend upon

light upon

spring to mind

run again

fall to the lot

have recourse

arrive by chance

accrue

be the result

act

affect

answer

anticipate

appeal

apply

attack

👊

bear

🐻

be found

behave

be held

be up

bring about

carried out

carry on

chance

🎲

come forward

come into being

come off

come on

come to light

come true

commence

conduct

cook

🧑‍🍳

created

cross paths

dawn

doubt

end up

exist

face

fall on

form

found

generating

genesis

get up

go

going on

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 .