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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Occurrence \Oc*cur"rence\, noun [Cf. F. occurrence. See {Occur}.]
1. A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision.
Voyages detain the mind by the perpetual occurrence and expectation of something new. --I. Watts.
2. Any event or incident; esp., one which happens without being designed or expected; as, an unusual occurrence, or the ordinary occurrences of life.
All the occurrence of my fortune. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noun
1: an event that happens [syn: {happening}, {occurrence}, {occurrent}, {natural event}]
2: an instance of something occurring; "a disease of frequent occurrence"; "the occurrence (or presence) of life on other planets"
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