Synonyms for occur
əˈkɜroc·cur

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1. occur

   A thing is said to happen when no design is manifest, or none especially thought of; it is said to chance when it appears to be the result of accident (compare synonyms for ACCIDENT). An incident happens or occurs; something external or actual happens to one; a thought or fancy occurs to him. Befall and betide are transitive; happen is intransitive; something befalls or betides a person or happens to him. Betide is especially used for anticipated evil, thought of as waiting and coming at its appointed time; as, wo betide him! One event supervenes upon another event, one disease upon another, etc. ["Transpire," in the sense of happen, is not authorized by good usage: a thing that has happened is properly said to transpire when it becomes known.]

   Synonyms:
   bechance, befall, betide, chance, come to pass, fall, fall out, happen, supervene, take place

   Preposition:
   An event happens to a person; a person happens on or upon a fact, discovery, etc.

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1. occur

   Synonyms:
   befall, happen, betide, supervene, take place, appear, arise

   Antonyms:
   pass, threaten, impend

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1. happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take placeverb

   come to pass

   "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"

   Synonyms:
   materialise, run, perish, elapse, go past, make pass, progress, top, put across, go by, draw, evanesce, continue, pass off, slip by, materialize, breathe, excrete, turn over, go, spend, bechance, slide by, croak, emit, fade, hand, legislate, happen, egest, exit, authorise, exceed, fleet, pass away, slip away, drop dead, overstep, transcend, make it, return, pop off, come out, authorize, devolve, cash in one's chips, kick the bucket, give, fall out, hap, march on, glide by, go on, chance, sink, eliminate, move on, lapse, come up, give-up the ghost, blow over, take place, lead, expire, overhaul, find, advance, go through, reach, communicate, come about, keep, choke, pass by, snuff it, overtake, bump, follow, extend, come on, carry on, die, fall, pass, proceed, encounter, clear, decease, conk, travel by, buy the farm, pass along, come, befall, go across, go along, surpass, guide, pass on

2. occur, comeverb

   come to one's mind; suggest itself

   "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her"

   Synonyms:
   pass off, happen, derive, fall out, issue forth, amount, go on, total, make out, arrive, number, follow, come up, hail, take place, fare, get, descend, come, fall, get along, pass, do, come about, come in, hap, add up

3. occurverb

   to be found to exist

   "sexism occurs in many workplaces"; "precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil"

   Synonyms:
   hap, go on, pass off, take place, happen, fall out, pass, come, come about

Matched Categories

1. • Appear
   • Become

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1. occurverb

   Synonyms:
   appear, arise, offer, come into view, present itself, be met with, meet the eye

2. occurverb

   Synonyms:
   come to one's mind, come into one's head, flash on the mind

3. occurverb

   Synonyms:
   befall, happen, fall out, take place, come about, come to pass

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "occur":

   happen, arise, occurs, appear, produce, emerge, place

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1. Commissioner William Beach:

   Implementation of the changes to the Department's lock-up will now occur no sooner than March 9, 2020.

2. Soren Faurby:

   For these species weinsteadestimated the potential range based on the current ranges of the species [they] used to co-occur with.

3. Bala Hota:

   Previously infected people will be able to be excluded as susceptible individuals in modeling, which would impact the prediction of how many cases will occur in the near future, at an individual level, if people can know if they were asymptomatically or mildly infected and recovered, they can know that they are immune and can safely return to work once the shelter at home is eliminated.

4. Ken Hellevang:

   The longer we stay in this weather pattern ... the more loss will occur out in the fields.

5. Kwasi Kwarteng:

   We do not expect supply emergencies to occur this winter, there is absolutely no question... of the lights going out or people being unable to heat their homes.