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’.