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occur

verb
/əˈkɜː/UK/əˈkɝ/US/əˈkʌr/

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”).

  1. derived from occurrō
  2. borrowed from occurrer

Definitions

  1. To happen or take place.

    • The liftoff will occur in exactly twelve seconds.

  2. To present or offer itself.

    • I will write if the opportunity occurs.

  3. To come or be presented to the mind

    To come or be presented to the mind; to suggest itself.

    • One little incident of my school days occurs to me as amusing.
    • It occurred to him to tell me of the problem.
    • Apparently it never occurs to them that you can't make rapid, drastic changes in the technology and the economy of a society without causing rapid changes in all other aspects of the society as well, […]
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To be present or found.

      • The chemical monofluoroacetate occurs in all parts of Dichapetalum cymosum, and is responsible for its toxic effects.

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Derived

coöccur, co-occur, occurable, occurrable, reoccur, what's occurring

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at occur. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01occur02offer03terms04term05bound06obliged07grateful08agreeable09ready10happen

A definitional loop anchored at occur. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at occur

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA