occurrence

Meaning

  1. An actual instance when a situation occurs; an event or happening.
  2. The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change in or over time.

Opposite of
state
Synonyms

happening
A2
event
B1
incident
B1
occasion
B2
chance
A1
🎲
episode
B2
phenomenon
C1
circumstance
C2
accident
A2
appearance
B2
fact
A1
instance
B2
outbreak
C2
function
B2
affair
B1
presence
B1
existence
B2

social occasion

incidence
39k
festivities
C2
case
A1
birth
B1
fortuity
whereabouts
C1

natural event

deed
C1
tale
B2
time
A1
⌚
contingency
C2
story
A1
taking place
origin
C1
occurrent
act
A2
emergence
30k
emerge
C1
doings
26k
destiny
B1

apperance

dawn
B1

current value

generating
C2
currency
C1
being
A1
appearing
C2
frequency
C1
fortune
B1
crisis
B2
genesis
C2
flow
B2
Translations

evento
événement
Ereignis
Vorfall
voorval
olay
suceso
ocorrência
avvenimento
gebeurtenis
evento
acontecimiento
Begebenheit
acontecimento
Vorkommnis
Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈkʌɹ.ən(t)s/
Etymology

From Middle French occurrence, from Medieval Latin occurrentia. Morphologically occur + -ence.

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