occur

== English == === Alternative forms === occurre (obsolete) === 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”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /əˈkɜː/ (US) IPA(key): /əˈkɝ/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /əˈkʌr/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /əˈkøː/ (Liverpool, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /əˈkeː/ (Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /əˈkɛː/ (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /əˈkɜː(ɹ)/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ) === Verb === occur (third-person singular simple present occurs, present participle occurring, simple past and past participle occurred) (intransitive) To happen or take place. (intransitive) To present or offer itself. (impersonal) To come or be presented to the mind; to suggest itself. Synonym: hit (intransitive, sciences) To be present or found. ==== Synonyms ==== (happen): belimp (obsolete), betide (obsolete), betime (obsolete), come to pass, happen, take place; See also Thesaurus:happen (present itself): appear, arise, come up (meet or come to the mind): (be present or found): ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== occurrent occurrence ==== Translations ====