Occur

Definition: Occur

Occur

Verb

1. Come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important".

2. Come to one's mind; suggest itself; "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her".

3. To be found to exist; "sexism occurs in many workplaces"; "precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "occur" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Note: Occur \Oc*cur"\, intransitive verb. [imperative past participle Occurred; present participle verb or noun Occurring.]. (references)

Synonyms: Occur

Eventuality

Verb: happen, occur; take place, take effect; come, become of; come off, comeabout, come round, come into existence, come forth, come to pass, come on; pass, present itself; fall; fall out, turn out; run, be on foot, fall in; befall, betide, bechance; prove, eventuate, draw on; turn up, crop up, spring up, pop up, arise, show up, show its face, appear, come forth, cast up; supervene, survene; issue, arrive, ensue, arise, start, hold, take its course; pass off; (be past).

Existence

Verb: exist, be; have being; Noun: subsist, live, breathe, stand, obtain, be the case; occur; (event); have place, prevail; find oneself, pass the time, vegetate.

Posteriority

Verb: follow; after, come after, go after; succeed, supervene; ensue, occur; step into the shoes of.

Presence

Verb: exist in space, be present; Adjective: assister; make one of, make one at; look on, attend, remain; find oneself, present oneself; show one's face; fall in the way of, occur in a place; lie, stand; occupy; be there.

Thought

Occur; present itself, suggest itself; come into one's head, get into one's head; strike one, flit across the view, come uppermost, run in one s head; enter the mind, pass in the mind, cross the mind, flash on the mind, flash across the mind, float in the mind, fasten itself on the mind, be uppermost in the mind, occupy the mind; have in one's mind.

Crosswords: Occur

That was the summer of 1963, when everybody called me Baby, and it didn't occur to me to mind (Dirty Dancing; writing credit: Eleanor Bergstein)

Hennessy was the only one that ever stood up for Arnold and me. That fact didn't occur to me until I saw him being hauled off to prison (Biloxi Blues; writing credit: Neil Simon)

And the basic idea is to cope with the very costly damage and depreciation which can occur. And this consists mainly of running the boiler, heating different parts of the hotel on a daily, rotating basis, repair damage as it occurs, and doing repairs so that the elements can't get a foothold (The Shining; writing credit: Stanley Kubrick)

This may occur some time this coming Sunday (Seven Days in May; writing credit: Fletcher Knebel; Charles W. Bailey II)

No. There is little doubt that the plagues did occur, though so distant now as to seem a myth (The Abominable Dr. Phibes; writing credit: James Whiton; William Goldstein)

It never did occur to me (Never Keeping Secrets; performing artist: Babyface; writing credit: Babyface)

Combat will occur on the ground between two adjoining maps. (references; author: unknown)

Bound to Occur (1913)

Matters Occur in the Chateau (1993)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• How Chemical Reactions Occur, an Introduction to Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Mechanisms (reference)

• Letters to Friends and Seekers: A Mystic Addresses Points of Confusion That Occur in the Search for Spiritual Truths (reference)

• Mind and context in the art of drawing; an empirical and speculative account of the drawing process and the drawing series and of the contexts in which they occur (reference)

• The Complete Guide to Four Season Home Maintenance: How to Prevent Costly Problems Before They Occur (reference)

• The Crisis Counselor: The Executive's Guide to Avoiding, Managing, and Thriving on Crises That Occur in All Businesses (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Spills - What to do when Spills Occur 7-Minute Solutions (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

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Schematic diagram of chromosomes 8, 2, 14, and 22 which are involved in the translocations (usually 8;14, less frequently 8;22 or 2;8) which occur in Burkitt's Lymphoma. The break points for these translocations are identified by the banding regions (q24, p13, q32 and q11). These break points on chromosomes 2, 14, and 22 correspond to chromosomal regions to which have been mapped the kappa, heavy chain and lambda constant region genes respectively. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Red blood cells on an agar plate are used to diagnose infection. The plate on the left shows a positive staphyloccus infection. The plate on the right shows a positive streptococcus infection and with the halo effect shows specifically a beta-hemolytic group A. These infections can occur in patients on chemotherapy. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

Norwalk viruses (and related caliciviruses) are important causes of nonbacterial gastroenteritis in the United States. An estimated 181,000 cases of this type of food poisoning occur annually. Credit: CDC.

P. malariae, a quartan malaria, produces febrile paroxysms on a 72 hour cycle. Relapses can sometimes occur half a century after being infected. Credit: CDC.

Nature's most powerful explosions, gamma-ray bursts, occur among the normal stellar population ... Credit: NASA.

A juvenile American Lobster in natural cobble habitat in Rhode Island waters. The blue coloring in lobsters is thought to occur when the crustacean eats primarily one type of food in the lab. However, blue lobsters are occasionally found in the wild as a genetic anomaly. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve A Harbor Seal, Phoca vitulina, is a small phocid with a stubby, compact body and short limbs. Colors range from silver-gray to tan and all are spotted. They occur in almost all nearshore environments from Baja,California to the Bering Sea. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Nesting of sea turtles may occur in sandy areas of the estuary. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Stormwaters broke through this terrace system in Cass County in southwest Iowa. Terraces are designed for the water that would come from a storm that is expected to occur every 10 years. Credit: Lynn Betts.

Topsoil as well as farm fertilizers and other potential pollutants run off unprotected farm fields when heavy rains occur. Credit: Lynn Betts.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The peculiar delicacy of this case, the novelty of some of its circumstances, and the real difficulty attending the points which occur in it, require a complete exposition of the principles on which the opinion to be given by the court is founded. (reference)

If a vacancy in the Chairmanship or Vice-Chairmanship should occur during the annual period, the Commission shall proceed to a new election for the remainder of the said period. (reference)

The Does' complaint, based as it is on contingencies, any one or more of which may not occur, is too speculative to present an actual case or controversy. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

I will here tabulate the passages, in both Volumes, where abnormal states occur.

You know in such classes these disappearances of families often occur.

Richard had noticed that events were cowards: they didn't occur singly, but instead they would run in packs and leap out at him all at once

The place where that may occur is always the same, and indescribably pleasant to all our senses

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Seizures can occur. (references)

Seizures may also occur. (references)

They rarely occur together. (references)

Business

Similar measures have not been taken against Brazil but could occur. (references)

However, delays may occur because testing institutes require comprehensive information. (references)

Protests on a wide range of issues occur at the Beijing city government headquarters every week or two. (references)

Children

Oman

Child prostitution is not known to occur. (references)

Pakistan

Sexual abuse of boys is believed widely to occur at some madrassahs. (references)

Kenya

The legally mandated universal schooling also does not occur in practice because of a shortage of schools. (references)

Civil Liberties

France

Regular demonstrations on various issues occur without incident. (references)

Indonesia

The law allows conversion between faiths, and such conversions do occur. (references)

Mexico

Organized, peaceful demonstrations occur frequently throughout the country. (references)

Economic History

Nicaragua

Requests for bribes do occur. (references)

Nepal

Showers occur almost every day. (references)

Peru

This is to ensure conflicts of interest do not occur. (references)

Human Rights

Ecuador

Wiretapping is illegal but it does occur. (references)

Swaziland

Searches without warrants occur occasionally. (references)

Qatar

Lengthy pretrial detention is not known to occur. (references)

Minorities

Kenya

Intermarriage between members of Christian denominations is common and interfaith prayer services occur frequently. (references)

Mexico

The abuse related to these and other incidents apparently did not occur solely and exclusively on the basis of religion. (references)

India

While much more rare in urban settings, such extreme examples of intolerance occur regularly in rural parts of the country. (references)

Political Economy

MOROCCO

Narrowly focused strikes continue to occur. (references)

Iraq

Violence and discrimination against women occur. (references)

Kenya

Kenya's next general election must occur by law by late 2002. (references)

Political Rights

Mexico

While elections are open and generally fair, some abuses continued to occur. (references)

Zimbabwe

On December 31, the High Court ordered the Registrar General to supply a copy of the entire voters' roll to the opposition for inspection; however, this did not occur by year's end. (references)

South Africa

Traditional leaders also threatened to form their own political party to challenge the ANC at the polling stations in the 2004 national elections; however, this did not occur by year's end. (references)

Trade

Kenya

Unfortunately violations do occur, endangering the environment. (references)

Moldova

In the case of complicated laboratory examinations, issuance should occur after no more than a month. (references)

Bahrain

If they were to occur, the government would likely be reasonable in judging the effect on a contractor's progress. (references)

Travel

Cote D'ivoire

Sunburn will occur rapidly. (references)

Zambia

Malaria is endemic in Zambia; cases occur in Lusaka, as well. (references)

Denmark

Should it occur, bringing flowers for the hostess would be suitable. (references)

Women

Argentina

Adult prostitution is illegal but does occur. (references)

Rwanda

Wife beating and domestic violence occur frequently. (references)

Estonia

Rape and attempted rape occur relatively infrequently. (references)

Worker Rights

Israel and the occupied territories

However, unauthorized strikes occur. (references)

Pakistan

When they occur, they usually are illegal and short. (references)

Gambia

Because of these provisions and the weakness of unions, few strikes occur. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "occur": call diversion may occur indicator ♦ occur at the same time ♦ occur one's mind ♦ occur to ♦ occur to smb. ♦ occur to smb. to ♦ occur with. Additional references.

Beginning with "occur": occur-see.

Ending with "occur": co-occur, re-occur.

Afrikaans

plaatsvind (come about, happen), geskie (come about, happen), gebeur (come about, happen). (various references)

Albanian

vjen ndër mend, përseritem, ngjan (befall, come to pass, happen, parallel, seem), ndodh (become, befall, chance, come about, come off, come to pass, eventuate, exist, fall, fall out, hap, happen, pass, set, transpire), ndeshem (clash, collide, fall in, fight, meet, spar). (various references)

Arabic 

‏يوجد (be, dwell, exist, subsist, there are, work out), ‏وقع الحادث, ‏حدث (befall, calamity, come, come about, come by, come off, disaster, episode, event, fall out, flow, go, happen, happening, incident, juvenile, occasion, pass, phenomenon, place, rise, take place, transpire, work, young, youngish, youngling, youngster), ‏خطر في البال, ‏جرى (carry out, execute, float, flow, precipitate, roll, run, scat, take place, transact), ‏ظهر (appear, arise, back, brighten up, bring out, come to light, declare, declassify, define, denote, develop, evidence, exercise, exhibit, express, feature, image, indicate, infer, loom, manifest, mark, note, outcrop, parade, peep, play up, poke, pop up, proclaim, produce, reveal, show, show up, spring, surface, turn up, walk). (various references)

Bulgarian 

ставам (arise, become, come, come round, eventuate, fit, get, get up, grow, intervene, pass, proceed, pull up, rise, roll out, run, stand, take place, transpire, turn, turn out, up), случвам се (befall, chance, come, come about, eventuate, fall, fall out, intervene, pass, rise, take place, transpire), настъпвам (advance, ensue, set in, settle in, step on, tread, tread on), залягам (bestir), идва ми наум. (various references)

Chinese 

发生 (happen, Happened, happening, Occurred, Occurrence, Occurring). (various references)

Czech

vyskytovat se (offer), udát se (happen), stát se (become, come, come about, get, grow, happen, join, pass), přijít na mysl, přihodit se (befall, come about, happen, intervene), napadnout (attack, blight, contest, impugn, pelt), existovat (be, exist, subsist). (various references)

Danish

ske (become, come about, grow, happen, spoon). (various references)

Dutch

voorkomen (appear, appear to be, appearance, aspect, be found, be located, come about, find oneself, forestall, happen, look, prevent, seem, sight, view), gebeuren (become, come about, event, grow, happen, occasion, occurence, opportunity). (various references)

Esperanto

okazi (come about, happen). (various references)

Faeroese

verða hildin (come about, happen), henda seg (come about, happen). (various references)

Farsi 

واقع شدن (Happen, Lie), اتفاق افتادن (Befall, Chance, Comeabout, Fortune, Give, Tide), رخ دادن (Arise, Befall, Outcrop, Pass). (various references)

Finnish

tapahtua (come about, come to pass, happen, take place). (various references)

French

avoir lieu, arriver. (various references)

Frisian

foarfalle (come about, happen). (various references)

German

geschehen (be committed, be done, be rid of, become, betide, come about, done, grow, happen, happened, take place, to happen), vorkommen (be found, become, come about, come forward, come out, come to the front, deposit, exist, feature, grow, happen, haunt, incidence, incidences, occurances, occurence, occurrence, seem), vorfallen (fall forward, happen), stattfinden (be held, come about, come off, happen, take place, to take place), sich ereignen (come about, happen, to happen, to take place), eintreten (advocacy, come, come in, enlist, enter, enter upon, espousal, espouse, eventuate, eventuation, fall, go in, join, kick down, kick in, perform, set in, step in, to eventuate, to tread in, to tread into, tread in, wear in), auftreten (act, air, appear, appearance, arise, behave, come on, demeanor, emerge, enter, go on, haunt, kick open, manner, occurre, occurrence, presence, project, to appear, to emerge, to occurre, tread). (various references)

Greek 

συμβαάνω, συμβαίνω (bechance, befall, betide, chance, come about, fall out, fortune, go on, go on 1, go on 2, hap, happen, pass off, transpire, turn up), επέρχομαι (supervene), απαντώ (answer, rejoin, reply, reply to, respond, respond to, retort). (various references)

Hebrew 

לקרות (befall, hap, happen, take place), לחול (be in force, become due, come into force, fall due on, take effect), לארוע (befall, happen, take place), להתארע (befall, happen, take place), להתרחש (befall, come about, eventuate, hap, happen, take place, transpire), להזדמן (chance, come incidentally, happen). (various references)

Hungarian

történik (befall, came, come, come about, happen, it's all fair and square, take place, to betide, to come, to come to pass, to hap, to supervene, to take place, to transpire), megtörténik (come about, to come about, to come to pass, to fall out, to occur, to take place, to transpire), megesik (to hap, to happen, to occur, to take place, to transpire), elõfordul (befall, fall out, happen). (various references)

Indonesian

terjadi (beenacted, ensue, happen, take place), mendatang (approaching, arrive, come, coming, happen, impending, upcoming), cogok (be erect, vertical), berlaku (act (as), behave, happen, in effect). (various references)

Irish

tharlaíonn. (various references)

Italian

succedere (befall, come, come about, follow, follow one another, happen, succeed, to happen), accadere (be, befall, chance, come, come about, ensue, happen, intervene, pass, take place, transpire), arrivare (accomplish, achieve, arrive, attain, be reduced to, come, come about, end up, get, go as far as, go so far as, happen, reach, receive, roll in, roll up, to arrive). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

起こる (to happen, to occur). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おこりうる (to be possible to occur), おこる (to be angry, to flourish, to get angry, to get mad, to happen, to occur, to rise), おもいうかぶ (to occur to, to remind of), ひきつづく (to continue, to occur in succession), できる (to be able to, to be out of, to be ready, to have no more at hand, to occur), もちあがる (to come up, to happen, to lift, to occur, to turn up). (various references)

Korean 

일어나십시요 (Arise, happen). (various references)

Malay

terjadi (come about, happen). (various references)

Manx

taghyrt (accident, chance, contingency, contingent, event, eventuate, experience, fluke, happen, happening, incident, occurrence). (various references)

Papiamen

sosodé (come about, happen), akontesé (come about, happen). (various references)

Pig Latin

occuray.(various references)

Polish

zdarzyć się (come about, happen), wydarzyć się (come about, happen). (various references)

Portuguese

suceder (arrive, befall, betide, chance, come about, cut in, ensue, eventuate, get along, happen, intervene, pass off, succeed, transpire), acontecer (become, become of, befall, betide, chance, come, come about, cut in, ensue, eventuate, fare, get, grow, happen, intervene, take place, transpire). (various references)

Romanian

se petrece (be, come, hit, pass, pass away), se întîmpla (come about, happen), se întâmpla (be up, become, befall, betide, chance, come, come about, come of, fortune, hap, happen, hit, pass, transpire), se întâlni (cross, find, join, meet, rendezvous), fi (be, come, cost, exist, go, happen, keep, lie, make, stand), exista (be, breathe, exist, live, obtain, prevail, run), avea loc (arrive, come, pass, stir, take place). (various references)

Russian 

случаться (be, become, become of, befall, come, come about, fare, hap, happen, happened, take place), встречаться (forgather, get together, meet, rub shoulders (with)), залегать, бытовать (become, come about, grow, happen), происходить (accrue, arise, be, befall, come, come about, come from, derive, descend, emanate, flow from, hap, happen, intervene, issue, occurred, originate, take place), произойти (happen, take place), иметь место (take place). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zbiti se (come about), pasti (collapse, fall, fall down, fall to, graze, lapse, pasture, redound, sink), dogoditi se (come about, come to pass, happen), doći (arrive, call for, come, come over, roll up, show), desiti se (come about, eventuate, happen, transpire). (various references)

Spanish

ocurrir (befall, betide, come, come about, come off, go on, happen, pass, take place), acontecer (become, befall, come about, grow, happen, occurances, recource). (various references)

Swedish

inträffa (arrive, come about, fall, happen), hända (befall, betide, come, come about, cook, give, hap, happen, pass, take place, transpire). (various references)

Turkish

ortaya çıkmak (appear, approve oneself, arise, burst, come along, come forward, come in sight, come in view, come into the open, come out, crop out, crop up, debouch, emerge, fall out, offer, outcrop, shape, show up, spawn, spring, surface, turn up), oluşmak (be formed, comprise, consist, consist of, grow out of, take shape), olmak (be, be situated, become, befall, come about, come off, come over, eventuate, exist, fare, get, go, go on, grow, hap, happen, hatch, have, hit, mature, take place, turn), meydana gelmek (begin, come about, come off, consist, consist of, eventuate, hap, happen, originate, set in, take place), görülmek, cereyan etmek (happen), akla gelmek (flash), çıkmak (ascend, break out, break through, climb, come about, come off, come on, come out, come to a head, come up, crop out, date, date up, detach, drop out, emanate, emerge, erupt, escalate, eventuate, exit, extricate oneself, extrude, flirt, get off, go for, go forth, go off, go out, go together, go with, grow out of, grow up, hatch, have it's source in, issue, jut, jut out, keep company with, knock about, knock around, launch, launch out, move out, originate, peep, peep out, photograph, point, present oneself, prove, puff out, puff up, pull out, pullulate, quit, rise, rub off, rub out, sally forth, sally out, secede, separate, shoot out, spoon, spring, stem, step out, step up, stick, stick out, take it's source from, take out, take to, walk out, walk out of, walk out with, well forth, work out). (various references)

Turkmen 

цz-цzьnden (occur without help). (various references)

Ukrainian

спадати на думку (occur to), траплятися (be, bechance, befall, betide, chance, come about, hap, occur with, offer, take place, tide, turn up, worth), відбуватися (arrive, be in progress, betide, come about, come off, develop, emanate, hap, happen, intervene, proceed, transpire), зустрічатися (forgather, rendezvous), залягати, приходити в голову (occur to), попадатися (occur with). (various references)

Welsh

digwydd (accrue, befall, betide, happen), darfod (become, come about, end, finish, grow, happen, perish). (various references)

Yucatec

uuchul (come about, happen). (various references)

Zulu

-enzeka (come about, happen). (various references)

accidat, acciderant, acciderat, accidere, accideret, acciderit, acciderunt, accidissent, accidisset, accidit, accido, appareant, appareas, appareat, apparebant, apparebat, apparebis, apparebit, apparebo, apparebunt, apparens, apparente, apparentes, apparentibus, apparere, apparerent, appareret, apparet, apparuerat, apparuerimus, apparuerint, apparueris, apparuerit, apparuerunt, apparui, apparuisse, apparuisset, apparuistis, apparuit, apparuitque, comitabantur, comitari, comitati, comitatu, comitatur, comitatus, comitetur, contingo, emergo, emergo, emersi, emersum, emersi, evello, incido, interveniente, obtigit, occurram, occurramus, occurrat, occurre, occurrebant, occurrens, occurrent, occurrentes, occurrerant, occurrerat, occurrere, occurreret, occurrerint, occurreris, occurrerit, occurrerunt, occurreruntque, occurret, occurri, occurrissent, occurrisset, occurristi, occurrit, occurrite, occurritque, occursu, occursum, occursus. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "occur": occurred, occurrence, occurrences, occurrent, occurrents, occurring, occurs. (additional references)

Words ending with "occur": reoccur. (additional references)

Words containing "occur": nonoccurrence, nonoccurrences, reoccurred, reoccurrence, reoccurrences, reoccurring, reoccurs. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Occur" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Accu, accur, cocorp, eccu, eccup, Foccart, iccpr, Jccu, ocar, occa, occer, occi, occour, occu, occuer, occul, occum, occure, occurr, occut, Ocko, ockum, ocr, ocru, Octu, ocu, ocuer, ocum, ocur, ocure, ocurr, oscr, oscura, oxor, oxur, soccur, uccor, Ukcccr. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: croc.

-2 letters: cor, cur, orc, our, roc.

-3 letters: or.

+1 letter: concur, crocus, crouch, occurs, succor.

+2 letters: concurs, coucher, curacao, curacoa, reoccur, succors, succory, succour.

+3 letters: accouter, accoutre, carcajou, cartouch, cockspur, cocksure, conducer, couchers, coumaric, crocuses, crosscut, crouched, crouches, curacaos, curacoas, curculio, occulter, occupier, occurred, reoccupy, reoccurs, stuccoer, succored, succorer, succours.

+4 letters: accouters, accoutred, accoutres, autocracy, backcourt, cancerous, carcajous, cartouche, chancrous, cocklebur, cockspurs, coculture, cocurator, concluder, concourse, concurred, conducers, conductor, construct, coproduce, coproduct, corbicula, corpuscle, coruscant, coruscate, councilor, crosscuts, crouching, cruciform, cuckoldry, curculios, currycomb, nonchurch, nonconcur, occulters, occupiers, occurrent, occurring, preoccupy, scorbutic, stuccoers, successor, succorers, succories, succoring, succoured, uncoerced, unconcern.