occur
To happen or take place.
Verb 4 meanings
To happen or take place.
“The liftoff will occur in exactly twelve seconds.”
To present or offer itself.
“I will write if the opportunity occurs.”
To come or be presented to the mind; to suggest itself.
“One little incident of my school days occurs to me as amusing.”
To be present or found.
“The chemical monofluoroacetate occurs in all parts of Dichapetalum cymosum, and is responsible for its toxic effects.”
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”).
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OCCUR at a glance
OCCUR has 5 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (O 1 + C 3 + C 3 + U 1 + R 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,123 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with occur
All rhymes- INCUR7
- CONCUR10
- RECUR7
- REOCCUR11
- SCUR6
- NONCONCUR13
- REINCUR9
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