occur

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb come to pass
  2. verb come to one's mind; suggest itself
  3. verb to be found to exist

Etymology

Originally "meet (in argument)", borrowed from Middle French occurrer, from Latin occurrō (“run to meet, run against, befall, present itself”) from prefix ob- (“against”) + verb currō (“run, hurry, move”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

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

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