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English verb: occur | |||
| 1. | occur (change) come to pass | ||
| Samples | What is happening?. The meeting took place off without an incidence. Nothing occurred that seemed important. | ||
| Synonyms | come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, pass, pass off, take place | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP. It ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | anticipate, arise, backfire, backlash, bechance, bechance, befall, befall, betide, break, break, chance, coincide, come, come around, come off, come up, concur, contemporise, contemporize, develop, develop, fall, fall, give, go, go off, go over, happen, happen, intervene, materialise, materialize, operate, proceed, recoil, recrudesce, recur, repeat, result, roll around, shine, strike, supervene, synchronise, synchronize, transpire, turn out | ||
| 2. | occur (cognition) come to one's mind; suggest itself | ||
| Samples | It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary. A great idea then came to her. | ||
| Synonyms | come | ||
| Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | become | ||
| 3. | occur (stative) to be found to exist | ||
| Samples | Sexism occurs in many workplaces. Precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | appear, come along | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | abound in, collocate, geminate, pair, pullulate with, run, teem in | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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