Meaning

4 senses
  1. (intransitive)To happen or take place.

    The liftoff will occur in exactly twelve seconds.

    passieren, vorkommen, stattfinden

    происходи́тьproisxodítʹ, произойти́proizojtí, случа́тьсяslučátʹsja

    става́тисяstavátysja, ста́тисяstátysja, трапля́тисяtrapljátysja

  2. (intransitive)To present or offer itself.

    I will write if the opportunity occurs.

    vorkommen, passieren

    come to one's mind; suggest itself

  3. (impersonal)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.

    einfallen, in den Sinn kommen

    приходи́ть в головуprixodítʹ v golovu

    приходити в головуpryxodyty v holovu, спадати на думкуspadaty na dumku

    come to pass

  4. (intransitive)To be present or found.

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

    vorkommen

    to be found to exist

Examples

558 sentences
  1. A bright idea occurred to me.

    Мені в голову прийшла блискуча ідея. — deniko

    ruМне в голову пришла блестящая идея. — odexed

  2. A good idea occurred to me.

    Мені до голови прийшла добра ідея. — deniko

    ruМне в голову пришла хорошая идея. — ae5s

  3. Where were you when the explosion occurred?

    Де ви були, коли стався вибух? — mutternoise

    ruГде вы были, когда произошёл взрыв? — Biga

  4. Didn't it occur to you to shut the windows?

    Чи тобі не спало на думку зачинити вікна? — leyla

    ruТы не догадался закрыть окна? — Hellerick

    deIst es euch nicht in den Sinn gekommen, die Fenster zu schließen? — MUIRIEL

  5. Did it not occur to you to close the windows?

    Чи тобі не спало на думку зачинити вікна? — leyla

    ruТебе не пришло в голову закрыть окна? — marafon

    deIst es euch nicht in den Sinn gekommen, die Fenster zu schließen? — MUIRIEL

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
take place:
meet or come to the mind:
Русский
By meaning 2
take place:
meet or come to the mind:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
take place:
meet or come to the mind:

Origin

Originally "meet (in argument)", borrowed from Middle French occurrer, from Latin occurrō

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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Forms

occurs, occurring, occurred, occurred
Base formoccur · to occur
3rd person singularoccurs
Present participleoccurring
Past simpleoccurred
Past participleoccurred

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoccur
he, she, itoccurs

Past simpleLesson

all personsoccurred

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave occurred
he, she, ithas occurred

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill occur

Synonyms

17 synonyms
present itself:appearA2ariseB1come up
happen:belimp
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

Collocations

9 patterns
  • never occurred to
  • never occurred
  • idea occurred to
  • good idea occurred
  • the accident occurred
  • accident occurred
  • idea occurred
  • hadn't occurred to
  • ever occur

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
occur — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto