occurrence
noun
[ əˈkʌr(ə)ns ]
• an incident or event.
• "vandalism used to be a rare occurrence"
Similar:
event,
incident,
happening,
phenomenon,
affair,
matter,
experience,
circumstance,
development,
contingency,
eventuality,
Origin:
mid 16th century: probably from the plural of archaic occurrent, in the same sense, via French from Latin occurrent- ‘befalling’, from the verb occurrere (see occur).
