occur

Verb

Verb Forms: occurred, occurring, occurs

• To happen; to take place; to be found or present.
• come to pass
  • "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
• come to one's mind; suggest itself
  • "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"
• to be found to exist
  • "sexism occurs in many workplaces"
  • "precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil"
• To happen or take place.
• To present or offer itself.
• To come or be presented to the mind; to suggest itself.
• To be present or found.

Examples

• I will write if the opportunity occurs.
• It occurred to him to tell me of the problem.
• One little incident of my school days occurs to me as amusing.
• Sometimes the perfect Scrabble word doesn’t occur until the very last minute.
• The chemical monofluoroacetate occurs in all parts of Dichapetalum cymosum, and is responsible for its toxic effects.
• The liftoff will occur in exactly twelve seconds.

Synonyms

come, come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, pass, pass off, take place, appear, arise, belimp, betide, betime, come to pass, come up, hit

Related Words

occurrence, occurrent