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occur

əˈkər
WordNet
Struthio camelus (Male ostrich)
Struthio camelus (Male ostrich)
Bird study: Male ostrich (Struthio camelus) with scale in Rhenish size; occurs in many places in the Cape. Gordon first mentions it in Nov. 1777 (?), In Jan. 1778 and in Aug and Sept. 1779 (see Cullinan; Raper & Boucher).
  1. (v) occur
    come to pass "What is happening?","The meeting took place off without an incidence","Nothing occurred that seemed important"
  2. (v) occur
    come to one's mind; suggest itself "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary","A great idea then came to her"
  3. (v) occur
    to be found to exist "sexism occurs in many workplaces","precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil"
Illustrations
Miracle occured in Constantinople ca.1572 where a Christian cross appeared atop the crescent moon at the top of a minaret of a mosque. Turkish soldiers shoot arrows at the crosses. At the bottom a cartouche with a text in Italian.
Miracle occured in Constantinople ca.1572 where a Christian cross appeared atop the crescent moon at the top of a minaret of a mosque. Turkish soldiers shoot arrows at the crosses. At the bottom a cartouche with a text in Italian.
Bird study: Black cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus). Does not occur in southern Africa; according to Gordon from New Guinea.
Black cockatoo
Landscape with animal species that occur in Egypt. For each a number that refers to the legend.
Landscape with animal species that occur in Egypt. For each a number that refers to the legend.
Color drawing of shoots with flowers that occur on Java. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes' sketchbook, vol. 1 (1808), p. 169.
Color drawing of shoots with flowers that occur on Java. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes' sketchbook, vol. 1 (1808), p. 169.
Color drawing of a bird that occurs on the Cape of Good Hope. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes' sketchbook, vol. 1 (1808), p. 189.
Color drawing of a bird that occurs on the Cape of Good Hope. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes' sketchbook, vol. 1 (1808), p. 189.
Print with an overview of various events that occurred in 1672 and all the cities, fortifications and buildings that were lost to the English, French and the Bishop of Munster in that year.
Print with an overview of various events that occurred in 1672 and all the cities, fortifications and buildings that were lost to the English, French and the Bishop of Munster in that year.
Color drawing of a bird that occurs at the Cape of Good Hope: 'Little Cape bird, called turkey'. On scale. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes' sketchbook, vol. 1 (1808), p. 92.
Color drawing of a bird that occurs at the Cape of Good Hope: 'Little Cape bird, called turkey'. On scale. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes' sketchbook, vol. 1 (1808), p. 92.
On Wednesday, October 16, 1940, a serious bus accident occurred in Groningen at the train crossing at Ranum between Winsum and Baflo. Thirteen unemployment workers were killed, who were on their way to the reclamation work at De Slikken. Nine of the thirteen victims were buried jointly on Saturday 19 October 1940 in the Groninger Zuider cemetery, with great interest. Representative of the Reich Commissioner for Groningen Dr. C. Conring spoke on behalf of the German authorities. While officers of the German resistance force laid a wreath. Among those present were the mayor of Groningen, Mr. PWJH Cort van der Linden, and the commissioner of the province of Groningen, Mr. J. Linthorst Homan.
On Wednesday, October 16, 1940, a serious bus accident occurred in Groningen at the train crossing at Ranum between Winsum and Baflo. Thirteen unemployment workers were killed, who were on their way to the reclamation work at De Slikken. Nine of the thirteen victims were buried jointly on Saturday 19 October 1940 in the Groninger Zuider cemetery, with great interest. Representative of the Reich Commissioner for Groningen Dr. C. Conring spoke on behalf of the German authorities. While officers of the German resistance force laid a wreath. Among those present were the mayor of Groningen, Mr. PWJH Cort van der Linden, and the commissioner of the province of Groningen, Mr. J. Linthorst Homan.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Interesting fact
The highest consumption of Pizza occurs during Super Bowl week
  1. Occur
    To come to the mind; to arise in the mind; to suggest itself; to be presented to the imagination or memory; -- of an idea or thought; as, it never occurred to me to call John to ask. "There doth not occur to me any use of this experiment for profit."
  2. Occur
    To go in order to meet; to make reply. "I must occur to one specious objection."
  3. Occur
    To meet one's eye; to be found or met with; to present itself; to appear. "In Scripture, though the word heir occur , yet there is no such thing as “heir” in our author's sense."
  4. Occur
    To meet; to clash. "The resistance of the bodies they occur with."
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Interesting fact
Over 90% of poison exposures occur in homes
  1. occur
    To run to, as for the purpose of assisting.
  2. occur
    To run together; meet; clash.
  3. occur
    To strike the senses; be found; be met with: as, silver often occurs native; the statement occurs repeatedly.
  4. occur
    To emerge as an event into the actual world; happen; take place; come to pass; befall: as, what has occurred?
  5. occur
    To strike the mind: with to.
  6. occur
    Eccles., to coincide in time, so as to interfere each with the celebration of the other: as, two holy days occur. One of the days so occurring may be a Sunday, or a movable feast, the other being an immovable feast.
  7. occur
    To refer: with to.
  8. occur
    Synonyms To come to pass, come about, fall out.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
Interesting fact
898 tornadoes were recorded to have occurred in the United States in the year 2000.
  1. (v.i) Occur
    o-kur′ to come or be presented to the mind: to happen: to appear: to be found here and there: to coincide in time
  2. (pr.p) Occur
    occur′ring; pa.p. occurred′
  3. (adj) Occur
    (B.) coming in the way
Quotations
Count Leo Tolstoy
True life is lived when tiny changes occur.
Count Leo Tolstoy
Marcus T. Cicero
To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.
Marcus T. Cicero
The consequences of an act affect the probability of it's occurring again.
B(urrhus) F(rederic) Skinner
Friedrich Nietzsche
Whatever is done for love always occurs beyond good and evil.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Arthur Schopenhauer
The man never feels the want of what it never occurs to him to ask for.
Arthur Schopenhauer
Colin Powell
The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort.
Colin Powell
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary L. occurrere, occursum,; ob,see Ob-) + currere, to run. See Course

Usage in the news

Blood spatter patterns on walls and ceiling can provide a wealth of information about both the events that occurred and about the attacker. officer.com

The entry occurred some time after 8 am that day. cleveland.com

The theft in question occurred overnight a couple weeks ago. smokymountainnews.com

A Crime Alert is being issued in Cumberland County following the recent " Blue Light Bandit" robberies that have recently occurred in surrounding areas. kml.com

Three Bogart residents on Lane Creek Road were the targets of thieves early Tuesday, but investigators have not linked the thieves to a spate of similar crimes that recently occurred in the area. onlineathens.com

Spinner's book tells the story of the train wreck that occurred in Naperville, Ill. post-journal.com

It has always occurred, that when a struggle was mounted against racism, a struggle that involved whites as well as people of color, the doors to a better society opened wider for us all. ket.org

"The term 'elsewhere' occurred quite a lot," Maginn added, "with Kansas City being a current rail hub and a historical rail hub and a train embarkation point. kansascity.com

Todd Johnson said the crashes occurred at 5:46 am near mile post 15 and the Hansel Valley exit. sltrib.com

Westbound commuters had only a single lane on the Braga Bridge for a while, as a crash that occurred before 8 am on June 28 had traffic backed up beyond Route 24 before clearing around 8:30. heraldnews.com

It went thru inspection 3 months ago and I admit that I don't preflight so I'm not sure when it occurred. popularmechanics.com

The idea was to gain early insight on how to contain the public health threat if a viral mutation occurred naturally, but now officials say they want the studies censored to stop the information from falling into the wrong hands. kicdam.com

A Rogers-area woman who stole money from her employer was sentenced to probation and ordered to repay the funds, in action this occurred this week in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court. reviewonline.com

Peter's Senior Lunches occur on the third Tuesday of every month, from 12 until 2 pm. delmartimes.net

Friday's horrible shooting in Colorado occurred in yet another place where guns are banned. nydailynews.com

Usage in scientific papers

We should exclude two other possibilities: the first one - that this will occur on another line, second o,e - that it will occur on the line y = ±n, but on a slice different from n.
Gibbs and Quantum Discrete Spaces

The above RG equations also admit fixed points of lower symmetry SM (with M < N ) at which domains of M phases each occur with equal probability, and other domain-types do not occur at low energy.
Permutation-Symmetric Multicritical Points in Random Antiferromagnetic Spin Chains

D in such a way that no crossing occurs of type r occurs.
Random Surfaces

We claim that if each of these events occurs and A(ai ) occurs for each i, then B (0) must also occur.
Random Surfaces

In retrospect, both Proposition 4 and Lemma 1, can be proved by comparing the coefficient of the second highest power of x1 occurring on both sides of the equation (3), as in the proofs occurring in the next section.
Unique decomposition of tensor products of irreducible representations of simple algebraic groups

Usage in literature

Nothing further occurred to interrupt the voyage, until the two English vessels sighted Cape Frio. "Celebrated Travels and Travellers" by Jules Verne

It may, however, occur at any age. "Essentials of Diseases of the Skin" by Henry Weightman Stelwagon

Aldrich and Duvall (1955:22) indicated several localities in northern Coahuila where the Turkey occurs or occurred. "Birds from Coahuila, Mexico" by Emil K. Urban

On the 1st of that month occurred the first brush with the enemy. "The Naval History of the United States" by Willis J. Abbot

While it often occurs solitary, it does occur sometimes in groups. "Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc." by George Francis Atkinson

The first total eclipse which occurred after the spectroscope had been placed in the hands of astronomers was in 1868. "The Story of the Heavens" by Robert Stawell Ball

The incidents of the preceding night soon came into my memory, and passed rapidly one by one as they had occurred. "The Quadroon" by Mayne Reid

It often occurs in unventilated tenements on stifling nights. "The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI)" by Various

There things unexpected and unexplainable occur. "English: Composition and Literature" by W. F. (William Franklin) Webster

The last severe outbreak occurred in New Orleans in 1905 when eight thousand cases and nine hundred deaths occurred. "Insects and Diseases" by Rennie W. Doane

Usage in poetry
“Consider the lilies!”
But, it occurs to me,
Does any one consider
The lily and the bee?
George the Third
Ought never to have occurred.
One can only wonder
At so grotesque a blunder.
Sting him only with the spur
Of such wit as may occur,
Knightly Rider of the Knee,
In thy shriek of ecstasy.
No social earthquake e'er occurred
To rack their common mind:
To them a Panic was a word -
A Crisis, empty wind.
The Beaver had counted with scrupulous care,
Attending to every word:
But it fairly lost heart, and outgrabe in despair,
When the third repetition occurred.
If I had never met or loved thee so,
To part would not have caused me this sharp pain;
Parting so oft occurring here below,
And they who part so seldom meet again.