occur : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: occur	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for occur
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
occur v come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" Synonym(s): happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place come to one's mind; suggest itself; "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her" Synonym(s): occur, come to be found to exist; "sexism occurs in many workplaces"; "precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Occur \Occur"\, 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 [bd]heir[b8] 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.