 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
occur
verb
1: come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place
off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed
important" [syn: {happen}, {hap}, {go on}, {pass off}, {pass},
{fall out}, {come about}, {take place}]
2: come to one's mind; suggest itself; "It occurred to me that
we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came
to her" [syn: {come}]
3: to be found to exist; "sexism occurs in many workplaces";
"precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil"
[also: {occurring}, {occurred}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
occurring
See {occur}
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Occur \Oc*cur"\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Occurred}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Occurring}.] [L. occurrere, occursum; ob (see {Ob-}) +
currere to run. See {Course}.]
1. To meet; to clash. [Obs.]
The resistance of the bodies they occur with.
--Bentley.
2. To go in order to meet; to make reply. [Obs.]
I must occur to one specious objection. --Bentley.
3. To meet one's eye; to be found or met with; to present
itself; to appear.
In Scripture, though the word heir occur, yet there
is no such thing as ''heir'' in our author's sense.
--Locke.
4. To happen; to take place; as, I will write if opportunity
occurs.
5. To come to the mind; to arise in the mind; to suggest
itself; to be presented to the imagination or memory; --
of an idea or thought; as, it never occurred to me to call
John to ask.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
There doth not occur to me any use of this
experiment for profit. --Bacon.
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