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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Occur \Oc*cur"\, v. i. [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.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The resistance of the bodies they occur with.
                                                    --Bentley.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To go in order to meet; to make reply. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I must occur to one specious objection. --Bentley.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To meet one's eye; to be found or met with; to present
        itself; to appear.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              In Scripture, though the word heir occur, yet there
              is no such thing as ``heir'' in our author's sense.
                                                    --Locke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To happen; to take place; as, I will write if opportunity
        occurs.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Occur \Oc*cur"\, v. i. [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 offer; to appear; to happen; to take place; as,
        I will write if opportunity occurs.
  
              In Scripture, though the word heir occur, yet there
              is no such thing as ``heir'' in our author's sense.
                                                    --Locke.
  
     4. To meet or come to the mind; to suggest itself; to be
        presented to the imagination or memory.
  
              There doth not occur to me any use of this
              experiment for profit.                --Bacon.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  occur
       v 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 English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  occurring
     a.
     (lb en in combination) That occurs in a specified manner.
     n.
     An instance of something occurring; an event or happening.
     vb.
     1 (present participle of en occur nocat=1)
     2 (present participle of en occurre nocat=1) {q|obsolete form of (m
  en occur)}

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  occurring
     a.
     (lb en in combination) That occurs in a specified manner.
     n.
     An instance of something occurring; an event or happening.
     vb.
     1 (present participle of en occur nocat=1)
     2 (present participle of en occurre nocat=1) {q|obsolete form of (m
  en occur)}

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  occurring
     a.
     (lb en in combination) That occurs in a specified manner.
     n.
     An instance of something occurring; an event or happening.
     vb.
     1 (present participle of en occur nocat=1)
     2 (present participle of en occurre nocat=1) {q|obsolete form of (m
  en occur)}

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  occurring
     a.
     (lb en in combination) That occurs in a specified manner.
     n.
     An instance of something occurring; an event or happening.
     vb.
     1 (present participle of en occur nocat=1)
     2 (present participle of en occurre nocat=1) {q|obsolete form of (m
  en occur)}

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  occurring
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm o ccur ring)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Occurring /əkˈɜːɹɪŋ/
  الحدث

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  occurring /əkˈɜːɹɪŋ/
  objevující se

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  occurring /əkˈɜːɹɪŋ/
  vyskytující se

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  occurring /əkˈɜːɹɪŋ/
  sich ereignend, geschehend, auftretend, eintretend, erfolgend, sich vollziehend, sich zutragend
     Synonyms: taking place, happening, eventuating
  
   see: take place, happen, occur, eventuate, taken place, happened, occurred, eventuated, it takes place, it happens, it occurs, it eventuates, it took place, it happened, it occurred, it eventuated, follow sth., come after sth., No reply has been received to date., The detonation takes place within a few seconds., whichever is the sooner
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  occurring /əkˈɜːɹɪŋ/
  geschehend, passierend, vorkommend
     Synonym: happening
  
   see: happen, occur, happened, occurred, it happens, it occurs, it happened, it occurred, It serves you right., Let there be no more of this.
  

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  occurring /əkˈɜːɹɪŋ/
  mjestimičan, nastaju

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/əˈkɝɪŋ/


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