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Synonyms for occur
əˈkɜroc·cur

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English Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 1 vote

  1. occur

    A thing is said to happen when no design is manifest, or none especially thought of; it is said to chance when it appears to be the result of accident (compare synonyms for ACCIDENT). An incident happens or occurs; something external or actual happens to one; a thought or fancy occurs to him. Befall and betide are transitive; happen is intransitive; something befalls or betides a person or happens to him. Betide is especially used for anticipated evil, thought of as waiting and coming at its appointed time; as, wo betide him! One event supervenes upon another event, one disease upon another, etc. ["Transpire," in the sense of happen, is not authorized by good usage: a thing that has happened is properly said to transpire when it becomes known.]

    Synonyms:
    bechance, befall, betide, chance, come to pass, fall, fall out, happen, supervene, take place

    Preposition:
    An event happens to a person; a person happens on or upon a fact, discovery, etc.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 2 votes

  1. occur

    Synonyms:
    befall, happen, betide, supervene, take place, appear, arise

    Antonyms:
    pass, threaten, impend

Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 1 vote

  1. happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take placeverb

    come to pass

    "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"

    Synonyms:
    materialise, run, perish, elapse, go past, make pass, progress, top, put across, go by, draw, evanesce, continue, pass off, slip by, materialize, breathe, excrete, turn over, go, spend, bechance, slide by, croak, emit, fade, hand, legislate, happen, egest, exit, authorise, exceed, fleet, pass away, slip away, drop dead, overstep, transcend, make it, return, pop off, come out, authorize, devolve, cash in one's chips, kick the bucket, give, fall out, hap, march on, glide by, go on, chance, sink, eliminate, move on, lapse, come up, give-up the ghost, blow over, take place, lead, expire, overhaul, find, advance, go through, reach, communicate, come about, keep, choke, pass by, snuff it, overtake, bump, follow, extend, come on, carry on, die, fall, pass, proceed, encounter, clear, decease, conk, travel by, buy the farm, pass along, come, befall, go across, go along, surpass, guide, pass on

  2. occur, comeverb

    come to one's mind; suggest itself

    "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her"

    Synonyms:
    pass off, happen, derive, fall out, issue forth, amount, go on, total, make out, arrive, number, follow, come up, hail, take place, fare, get, descend, come, fall, get along, pass, do, come about, come in, hap, add up

  3. occurverb

    to be found to exist

    "sexism occurs in many workplaces"; "precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil"

    Synonyms:
    hap, go on, pass off, take place, happen, fall out, pass, come, come about

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. occurverb

    Synonyms:
    appear, arise, offer, come into view, present itself, be met with, meet the eye

  2. occurverb

    Synonyms:
    come to one's mind, come into one's head, flash on the mind

  3. occurverb

    Synonyms:
    befall, happen, fall out, take place, come about, come to pass

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "occur":

    happen, arise, occurs, appear, produce, emerge, place

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How to use occur in a sentence?

  1. David Heymann:

    What we see in Brazil now is what could occur in Colombia and other countries in the next few months and it's very alarming.

  2. Michael Waring:

    [ The studies ] would take a potted plant and put it in a small chamber... three feet by three feet by three feet... and they would inject a particular volatile organic compound( VOC) into the chamber... and watch it decay over time, and that decay is what they would contribute to the plant clearing the VOC, that does occur in the chamber, but it's the microbes that are absorbing the VOC, not the plant itself.

  3. Kristie Ebi:

    Heat waves have always occurred and will always occur, but we've got a very different pattern of heat waves now than we did a couple of decades ago, and it's not just the intensity, it's also the geographic extent.

  4. Nancy Messonnier:

    The CDC has been actively investigating AFM, testing specimens and monitoring disease since 2014, when we first saw an increase in cases, most AFM cases occur in the late summer and fall.

  5. Lindsay Farrer:

    What's unique about the study is the large sample of individuals that are examined every four years or so, starting at age 35, and followed into the age when an Alzheimer's diagnosis may occur.


Translations for occur

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  • odehrát se, dít se, napadnout, nastat, se, udát se, stát seCzech
  • forekommeDanish
  • einfallen, passieren, in den Sinn kommen, vorkommen, auftretenGerman
  • tincar, ocurrir, presentarSpanish
  • meenuma, esinema, tekkimaEstonian
  • sattua, mieli, tapahtua, juolahtaa, tulla mieleen, tarjoutua, esiintyäFinnish
  • produire, arriver, passer, venir à l'idée, avoir lieu, présenter, retrouverFrench
  • tachair, buail air, buail an ceannScottish Gaelic
  • पाए जाते हैंHindi
  • megtalálható, eszébe jut, előfordulHungarian
  • eventarIdo
  • מתרחשHebrew
  • 思い浮かぶ, ある, 起こるJapanese
  • ڕوودان, ڕێکه‌وتنKurdish
  • occurro, supervenio, accido, evenio, subeo, cado, incidoLatin
  • afalenLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
  • се појавува, текнува, се јавува, се среќаваMacedonian
  • opkomen, voorkomen, zich, aanbieden, gebeuren, invallen, verschijnen, voordoen, plaatsvindenDutch
  • forekomme, inntreffeNorwegian
  • wydarzyć się, wydarzać się, występowaćPolish
  • ocorrer, encontrar, acontecerPortuguese
  • treceRomanian
  • приходить в головуRussian
  • pasti na pametSerbo-Croatian
  • hända, äga rum, ske, förekommaSwedish
  • hazır olmak, hatırlamak, aklına gelmek, olmakTurkish
  • виникатиUkrainian
  • xảy raVietnamese
  • ariver, sorvini, aspiter, si troverWalloon

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