Occur

Pronunciation

/əˈkɜːr/

Definitions

• Verb: To happen; take place; come about; arise.
  • Intransitive usage: To meet with something by chance; to be present or found.

    Example sentence: “Rarely does such an opportunity occur in one’s lifetime.”

  • Transitive usage: To present itself; to suggest itself to the mind.

    Example sentence: “The idea occurred to him while he was taking a walk.”

Phrases

• “Occurs to”: To suddenly come into one’s mind.

  Example: “It just occurred to me that we forgot to lock the door.”

• “More often than not”: This phrase implies that something occurs frequently or usually.

  Example: “More often than not, accidents occur due to carelessness.”

Example Sentences

• Intransitive Verb: “The festival occurs annually on the last weekend of August.”
• Transitive Verb: “A sense of unease occurred when she noticed the door ajar.”

Synonyms

• Happen
• Arise
• Take place
• Come about
• Emerge
• Materialize
• Surface
• Present itself

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Occur to sb: To think of something.

  Example: “It never occurred to her that he might change his mind.”