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occur verb [ əˈkəː ]

• happen; take place.
• "the accident occurred at about 3.30 p.m."
Similar: happen, take place, come about, transpire, materialize, chance, arise, crop up, turn out, fall, come, fall out, pass off, go down, come to pass, befall, betide, hap, eventuate,
Origin: late 15th century: from Latin occurrere ‘go to meet, present itself’, from ob- ‘against’ + currere ‘to run’.


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