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oc·cur
(ə-kûr′)intr.v. oc·curred, oc·cur·ring, oc·curs
1. To take place; come about. See Synonyms at happen.
2. To be found to exist or appear: Copper deposits occur in the region.
3. To come to mind: The idea never occurred to me.
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occur
(əˈkɜː)vb (intr) , -curs, -curring or -curred
1. to happen; take place; come about
2. to be found or be present; exist
3. (foll by to) to be realized or thought of (by); suggest itself (to)
[C16: from Latin occurrere to run up to, from ob- to + currere to run]
Usage: It is usually regarded as incorrect to talk of pre-arranged events occurring or happening: the wedding took place (not occurred or happened) in the afternoon
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oc•cur
(əˈkɜr)v.i. -curred, -cur•ring.
1. to happen; take place; come to pass.
2. to be met with or found; present itself; appear.
3. to suggest itself in thought; come to mind (usu. fol. by to).
[1520–30; < Latin occurrere to run to meet, arrive, come to mind =oc- oc- + currere to run]
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occur
You can say that an event occurs.
The accident occurred at 8:40 a.m.
Mistakes are bound to occur.
However, you only use occur to talk about events which are not planned.
Occur is a fairly formal word. In conversation and in less formal writing, you usually say that an event happens.
You might have noticed what happened on Tuesday.
A curious thing has happened.
See happen
Be Careful!
Don't say that a planned event 'occurs' or 'happens'. Say that it takes place.
The first meeting of this committee took place on 9 January.
These lessons took place twice a week.
Don't use 'occur to' to say that someone is affected by an event. Don't say, for example, 'I wonder what's occurred to Jane'. Say 'I wonder what's happened to Jane'.
She no longer cared what happened to her.
It couldn't have happened to a nicer man.
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occur
Past participle: occurred
Gerund: occurring
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| Verb | 1. | occur - come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" recrudesce, develop, break - happen; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time" result - come about or follow as a consequence; "nothing will result from this meeting" intervene - occur between other event or between certain points of time; "the war intervened between the birth of her two children" transpire - come about, happen, or occur; "Several important events transpired last week" give - occur; "what gives?" operate - happen; "What is going on in the minds of the people?" supervene - take place as an additional or unexpected development come - come to pass; arrive, as in due course; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June" fall - occur at a specified time or place; "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable" anticipate - be a forerunner of or occur earlier than; "This composition anticipates Impressionism" develop - be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; "The plot developed slowly"; roll around, come around - happen regularly; "Christmas rolled around again" bechance, befall, happen - happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things befell" (Santayana) bechance, befall, betide - become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?" backfire, backlash, recoil - come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble" chance - be the case by chance; "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street" break - happen or take place; "Things have been breaking pretty well for us in the past few months" fall, shine, strike - touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears" turn out - prove to be in the result or end; "It turns out that he was right" |
| 2. | occur - come to one's mind; suggest itself; "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her" become - come into existence; "What becomes has duration" | |
| 3. | occur - to be found to exist; "sexism occurs in many workplaces"; "precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil" come along, appear - come into being or existence, or appear on the scene; "Then the computer came along and changed our lives"; "Homo sapiens appeared millions of years ago" run - occur persistently; "Musical talent runs in the family" collocate - have a strong tendency to occur side by side; "The words 'new' and 'world' collocate" |
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occur
verb
1. happen, take place, come about, follow, result, chance, arise, turn up (informal), come off (informal), ensue, crop up (informal), transpire (informal), befall, materialize, come to pass (archaic), betide, eventuate The deaths occurred when troops tried to disperse the demonstrators.
2. exist, appear, be found, develop, obtain, turn up, be present, be met with, manifest itself, present itself, show itself The disease occurs throughout Africa.
occur to someone come to mind, strike someone, dawn on someone, come to you, spring to mind, cross someone's mind, present itself to someone, enter someone's head, offer itself to someone, suggest itself to someone It didn't occur to me to check my insurance policy.
Usage: It is usually regarded as incorrect to talk of pre-arranged events occurring or happening. For this meaning a synonym such as take place would be more appropriate: the wedding took place (not occurred or happened) in the afternoon.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
occur
verb1. To take place:
Idiom: come to pass.
3. To enter a person's mind:
Idiom: cross one's mind.
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Translations
يَحْدُثيَخْطُر في بالِه، يَتَبادَر إلى ذِهْنِهيَقَعُيَنْوَجِد
napadnoutnastatse
falde indfindesoptrædeske
esinemameenumatekkima
tapahtuatarjoutuaesiintyäjuolahtaamieli
dogoditi se
megtalálhatótalálható
finnastkoma fyrirkoma í hug
起こる
발생하다
ateiti į galvąreiškinys
atgadītiesbūt sastopamam/atrodamamienākt prātānotikt
trece
vyskytovať sa
pojaviti sepripetiti sepriti na misel
inträffa
เกิดขึ้น
olmakaklına gelmekbulunmakmeydana gelmek
xảy ra
occur
[əˈkɜːʳ] VI1. (= happen) → ocurrir, suceder
to occur again → volver a suceder, repetirse
don't let it (ever) occur again → que no se vuelva a repetir (nunca)
if a vacancy occurs → si se produce una vacante
if the opportunity occurs → si se presenta la oportunidad
to occur again → volver a suceder, repetirse
don't let it (ever) occur again → que no se vuelva a repetir (nunca)
if a vacancy occurs → si se produce una vacante
if the opportunity occurs → si se presenta la oportunidad
2. (= be found) → darse, encontrarse
the plant occurs all over Spain → la planta se da en todas partes en España
the plant occurs all over Spain → la planta se da en todas partes en España
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
occur
[əˈkɜːr] vi (= happen) [incident, event] → se produire; [phenomenon, error] → se produire
The accident occurred yesterday → L'accident s'est produit hier.
the chances of an accident occurring → les chances qu'un accident se produise
Mistakes are bound to occur → Il est inévitable que des erreurs se produisent.
The accident occurred yesterday → L'accident s'est produit hier.
the chances of an accident occurring → les chances qu'un accident se produise
Mistakes are bound to occur → Il est inévitable que des erreurs se produisent.
(= appear) [phrase, word] → apparaître
The phrase occurs often in the Quran → L'expression apparaît souvent dans le Coran.
The phrase occurs often in the Quran → L'expression apparaît souvent dans le Coran.
(= be present) → être présent
Racism and sexism occur in all institutions → Le racisme et le sexisme sont présents dans toutes les institutions.
to occur naturally in sth → être naturellement présent dans qch
Nitrates are chemicals that occur naturally in water → Les nitrates sont des substances chimiques qui sont naturellement présentes dans l'eau
Racism and sexism occur in all institutions → Le racisme et le sexisme sont présents dans toutes les institutions.
to occur naturally in sth → être naturellement présent dans qch
Nitrates are chemicals that occur naturally in water → Les nitrates sont des substances chimiques qui sont naturellement présentes dans l'eau
[difficulty, opportunity] → se présenter
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
occur
vi
(= take place) (event) → geschehen, sich ereignen, vorkommen; (difficulty) → sich ergeben; (change) → stattfinden; that doesn’t occur very often → das kommt nicht oft vor, das gibt es nicht oft; don’t let it occur again → lassen Sie das nicht wieder vorkommen, dass das nicht wieder passiert!; should a fault occur → sollte ein Fehler auftreten; if the opportunity occurs → wenn sich die Gelegenheit bietet or ergibt
(= be found: disease) → vorkommen
(= come to mind) → einfallen, in den Sinn kommen (geh) → (to sb jdm); if it occurs to you that he is wrong → falls es Ihnen so vorkommt, als habe er sich geirrt; it occurs to me that … → ich habe den Eindruck, dass …; the idea just occurred to me → es ist mir gerade eingefallen; it never occurred to me → darauf bin ich noch nie gekommen; it didn’t even occur to him to ask → er kam erst gar nicht auf den Gedanken, zu fragen; did it ever occur to you to apologize? → hast du eigentlich je daran gedacht, dich zu entschuldigen?
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
occur
[əˈkɜːʳ] via. (event) → accadere; (difficulty, opportunity) → presentarsi; (phenomenon) → aver luogo; (error, word, plant) → essere presente, trovarsi
to occur again → ripetersi
to occur again → ripetersi
b. (come to mind) to occur to sb → venire in mente a qn
such an idea would never have occurred to her → una tale idea non le sarebbe mai venuta in mente
such an idea would never have occurred to her → una tale idea non le sarebbe mai venuta in mente
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
occur
(əˈkəː) – past tense, past participle ocˈcurred – verb1. to take place. The accident occurred yesterday morning.
2. (with to) to come into one's mind. An idea occurred to him; It occurred to me to visit my parents.
3. to be found. Oil occurs under the sea.
ocˈcurrence (-ˈka-) , ((American) -ˈkə:-) nouna strange occurrence.
occurrence, ~occurred and occurring have two rs.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
occur
→ يَقَعُ nastat optræde geschehen συμβαίνω ocurrir tapahtua se produire dogoditi se accadere 起こる 발생하다 gebeuren inntreffe zdarzyć się ocorrer случаться inträffa เกิดขึ้น olmak xảy ra 发生Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009