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21occur — [16] Etymologically, occur means ‘run towards’. It was borrowed from Latin occurrere, a compound verb formed from the prefix ob ‘towards’ and currere ‘run’ (source of English course, current, etc). This had the sense ‘run to meet’, hence simply… …
22occur — /euh kerr /, v.i., occurred, occurring. 1. to happen; take place; come to pass: When did the accident occur? 2. to be met with or found; present itself; appear. 3. to suggest itself in thought; come to mind (usually fol. by to): An idea occurred… …
23occur — verb /əˈkɜː,əˈkɝ/ a) To happen or take place The liftoff will occur in exactly twelve seconds. b) To present or offer itself I will write if the opportunity occurs. See Also: occurrent, occur …
24occur — See happen. See happen, transpire, occur …
25occur to — phr verb Occur to is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑explanation, ↑idea, ↑thought …
26occur — Synonyms and related words: appear, arise, be, be extant, be found, be in existence, be located, be met with, be present, be realized, be situated, be the case, be there, become manifest, befall, betide, breathe, chance, come, come about, come… …
27occur to — come into the mind of. → occur …
28occur — verb (occurs, occurring, occurred) 1》 happen; take place. 2》 exist or be found to be present in a place or under a particular set of conditions: radon occurs naturally in granite. 3》 (occur to) come into the mind of. Origin C15: from L. occurrere …
29occur — verb 1) an accident occurred at 3.30 Syn: happen, take place, come about; N.Amer.; informal go down 2) the disease occurs in the tropics Syn: be found, be present, exist, appear, devel …
30occur*/*/*/ — [əˈkɜː] verb [I] 1) to happen The police said that the accident occurred at about 4.30 pm.[/ex] 2) formal to exist or be found somewhere Radon gas occurs naturally in rocks such as granite.[/ex] • occur to sb …
