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Originally "meet, meet in argument", borrowed from Middle French occurrer Latin occurrō ( “ run to meet, run against, befall, present itself ” ) from prefix ob- ( “ against ” ) + verb currō ( “ run, hurry, move ” ) .
occur (third-person singular simple present occurs present participle occurring simple past and past participle occurred
( intransitive ) happen or take place .
The liftoff will occur in exactly twelve seconds.
1959 Georgette Heyer , chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax And no use for anyone to tell Charles that this was because the Family was in mourning for Mr Granville Darracott […]: Charles might only have been second footman at Darracott Place for a couple of months when that disaster occurred , but no one could gammon him into thinking that my lord cared a spangle for his heir.
( intransitive ) present or offer itself.
I will write if the opportunity occurs .
( impersonal ) presented to the mind ; to suggest itself.
One little incident of my school days occurs to me as amusing.
It occurred to him to tell me of the problem.
1995 Theodore Kaczynski , Industrial Society and Its Future :Apparently it never occurs to them that you can't make rapid, drastic changes in the technology and the economy of a society without causing rapid changes in all other aspects of the society as well, [ …]
( intransitive , sciences ) present or found .
The chemical monofluoroacetate occurs in all parts of Dichapetalum cymosum take place
Albanian: ndodh (sq)
Arabic: حَدَثَ (ar) ( ḥadaṯa ) , وَقَعَ ( waqaʕa ) , طَرَأَ (ar) ( ṭaraʔa )
Moroccan Arabic: طرا ( ṭra ) , جرى ( jra ) , وقع ( wqaʕ )
Armenian: պատահել (hy) ( patahel )
Azerbaijani: vaqe olmaq
Bashkir: булыу ( bulıw )
Basque: bururatu
Belarusian: здара́цца impf ( zdarácca ) , зда́рыцца pf ( zdárycca ) , адбыва́цца impf ( adbyvácca ) , адбы́цца pf ( adbýcca ) , трапля́цца impf ( trapljácca ) , тра́піцца pf ( trápicca )
Bulgarian: слу́чвам се (bg) impf ( slúčvam se ) , слу́ча се (bg) pf ( slúča se )
Catalan: ocórrer (ca)
Cherokee: ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᎭ ( nigalisdiha )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 發生 / 发生 ( faat3 sang1 )
Mandarin: 發生 / 发生 (zh) ( fāshēng )
Czech: nastat (cs) pf udát se pf stát se (cs) pf odehrát se dít se (cs)
Dutch: plaatsvinden (nl)
Finnish: tapahtua (fi)
French: se produire (fr) , avoir lieu (fr)
Galician: ocorrer (gl)
Georgian: მოხდომა ( moxdoma )
German: passieren (de) , vorkommen (de) , stattfinden (de)
Greek:
Ancient: τυγχάνω ( tunkhánō ) , συμφέρω ( sumphérō )
Hindi: बीतना (hi) ( bītnā )
Italian: verificarsi (it)
Japanese: 起こる (ja) ( おこる, okoru ) , 起る (ja) ( おこる, okoru )
Khmer: កើតឡើង (km) ( kaət laəng ) , កើត (km) ( kaət )
Korean: 일어나다 (ko) ( ireonada ) , 발생하다 (ko) ( balsaenghada )
Lao: ເກີດ (lo) ( kœ̄t ) , ບັງເກີດ ( bang kœ̄t ) , ເປັນ ( pen )
Latin: eveniō (la) , accidō (la) , incidō cadō (la) , subeō
Macedonian: се случува impf ( se slučuva ) , се случи pf ( se sluči )
Maori: tū
Middle English: spryngen
Mongolian: болох (mn) ( bolox )
Ngazidja Comorian: udjiri
Norwegian: skje (no)
Bokmål: forekomme (no)
Old English: ġeweorþan
Persian: اتفاق افتادن (fa) ( ettefâq oftâdan ) , رخ دادن (fa) ( rox dâdan )
Polish: zdarzać się (pl) impf zdarzyć się (pl) pf wydarzać się (pl) impf wydarzyć się (pl) pf dziać się (pl) , stać się (pl) impf trafiać się (pl) impf trafić się (pl) pf
Portuguese: ocorrer (pt) , acontecer (pt)
Russian: происходи́ть (ru) impf ( proisxodítʹ ) , произойти́ (ru) pf ( proizojtí ) ; случа́ться (ru) impf ( slučátʹsja ) , случи́ться (ru) pf ( slučítʹsja )
Scottish Gaelic: tachair
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: догодити се pf
Roman: dogoditi se (sh) pf
Slovak: stať sa pf udiať sa pf nastať pf
Slovene: zgodíti se pf
Spanish: ocurrir (es) , acaecer (es)
Swedish: hända (sv) , ske (sv) , äga rum (sv)
Thai: เกิด (th) ( gə̀ət )
Tibetan: བྱུང ( byung )
Turkish: olmak (tr)
Ukrainian: става́тися impf ( stavátysja ) , ста́тися pf ( státysja ) , трапля́тися impf ( trapljátysja ) , тра́питися pf ( trápytysja ) , відбува́тися impf ( vidbuvátysja ) , відбу́тися pf ( vidbútysja ) , чини́тися impf ( čynýtysja ) , учини́тися pf ( učynýtysja ) , зчини́тися pf ( zčynýtysja ) , роби́тися impf ( robýtysja ) , зроби́тися pf ( zrobýtysja )
Urdu: بیتنا ( bītnā ) , ہونا ( honā )
Vietnamese: xảy ra (vi)
Walloon: ariver (wa) , sorvini (wa)
present itself
Czech: vyskytnout se naskytnout se
Dutch: zich (nl) aanbieden (nl) , zich (nl) voordoen (nl) , plaatsvinden (nl) , voorkomen (nl) , gebeuren (nl)
Estonian: tekkima
Finnish: tarjoutua (fi) ( present itself ) , sattua (fi) , tapahtua (fi) ( to happen )
French: arriver (fr) , se présenter (fr) , se produire (fr) , se passer (fr) , avoir lieu (fr)
German: vorkommen (de) , passieren (de)
Ido: eventar (io)
Japanese: ある (ja) ( aru )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ڕێکەوتن ( rêkewtin ) , ڕوودان ( rûdan )
Latin: evenio (la) , supervenio
Macedonian: се појавува ( se pojavuva )
Norwegian: inntreffe
Portuguese: ocorrer (pt)
Scottish Gaelic: tachair
Spanish: presentar (es) ( pronominal )
Swedish: inträffa (sv)
Turkish: olmak (tr)
Walloon: ariver (wa) , sorvini (wa)
meet or come to the mind
Bulgarian: хру́мне (bg) pf ( hrúmne ) , до́йде на ум ( dójde na um )
Czech: napadnout (cs)
Dutch: invallen (nl) , opkomen (nl) , verschijnen (nl)
Estonian: meenuma
Finnish: juolahtaa mieleen tulla mieleen (fi)
French: venir à l’idée (de quelqu’un)
German: einfallen (de) , in den Sinn kommen
Greek: περνώ (el) ( pernó )
Hungarian: eszébe jut (hu)
Irish: rith le
Italian: sovvenire (it) , venire in mente
Japanese: 思い浮かぶ (ja) ( omoiukabu )
Latin: evenio (la) , occurro
Luxembourgish: afalen
Macedonian: текнува ( teknuva )
Maori: wheriko ohia
Old English: on mōd berinnan
Polish: napaść (pl) pf
Portuguese: ocorrer (pt)
Romanian: trece (ro)
Russian: приходи́ть в голову (ru) ( prixodítʹ v golovu )
Scottish Gaelic: buail an ceann buail air
Serbo-Croatian: pasti na pamet
Slovene: napadnúť impf
Spanish: ocurrir (es) , ( Chile, informal ) tincar (es)
Turkish: aklına gelmek (tr) , hatırlamak (tr)
Ukrainian: приходити в голову ( pryxodyty v holovu ) , спадати на думку ( spadaty na dumku )
Walloon: aspiter (wa) ( a l' idêye )
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