Term: occur
Occur (verb) /əˈkɜːr/:
- To happen or take place. LV: notikt, gadīties.
- To exist or be found in a particular place or situation. LV: būt sastopamam.
Example sentences:
- The accident occurred at approximately 3:00 PM yesterday.
- These minerals occur naturally in the mountains of northern Latvia.
Common phrases:
- Occur to someone: When a thought or idea suddenly comes into someone’s mind.”It didn’t occur to me to check if the door was locked.”
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
occur (verb)intransitive verb
1.
to be found or met with - appear
2.
to come into existence - happen
3.
to come to mind - an idea that has occurred to me
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
occur (verb)to take place
SYNONYMS:
be, befall, betide, chance, come, come about, come down, come off, cook, do, go down, go on, hap, occur, pass, transpireRELATED WORDS:
break, develop, rise, shape (up); arise, come up, crop (up), materialize, spring (up); intervene; fall out, follow, result, turn out; go off, proceedto enter the mind of
SYNONYMS:
come (to), cross, dawn (on), strikeRELATED WORDS:
recall, recollect, remember, reminisce; con, learn, memorize; appear, arrive, emerge, materializeNEAR ANTONYMS:
forget, unlearn; disregard, ignore, neglect, overlook