English noun: occurrence |
| 1. | occurrence (event) an event that happens |
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| Synonyms | happening, natural event, occurrent |
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| Broader (hypernym) | event |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | accident, accompaniment, alteration, appearance, attendant, avalanche, beginning, black eye, blow, bonanza, boom, break, bunce, burst, case, chance event, change, co-occurrence, collapse, collapse, computer error, conclusion, concomitant, contact, contingence, contingency, convergence, crash, destiny, disappearance, disappearance, discharge, ending, episode, error, eruption, eventuality, example, experience, failure, fate, finish, finish, fire, flare-up, flash, fortuity, godsend, gold rush, gravy, impinging, incident, instance, interruption, irruption, juncture, manna from heaven, marvel, miracle, modification, motion, movement, news event, occasion, one-off, outbreak, outburst, periodic event, recurrent event, reversal, reverse, setback, sound, striking, stroke, success, supervention, thing, treat, trouble, union, windfall, wonder |
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| 2. | occurrence (state) an instance of something occurring |
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| Samples | A disease of frequent occurrence.
The occurrence (or presence) of life on other planets.
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| Broader (hypernym) | presence |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | allopatry, sympatry |
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