Occur Occurred Verb Bre əˈkɜː(R əˈkɜːr Incident Unexpected

• when exactly did the incident occur?
• something unexpected occurred.
• sugar occurs naturally in fruit.
• opportunities for learning occur spontaneously every day.

occur

1. to happen
• When exactly did the incident occur?
• Something unexpected occurred.
2. to exist or be found somewhere
• Sugar occurs naturally in fruit.

Extra Examples

• Opportunities for learning occur spontaneously every day.
• These chemical changes occur naturally.
• the problems that occur among people living together
• A new outbreak of smallpox occurred in 1928.
• Impact occurred seconds after the pilot signalled for help.
• Lemurs occur in the wild only in Madagascar.
• Major economic changes have occurred recently.
• More deaths occur in winter.
• Peasant rebellions occurred throughout the 16th century.
• The collision occurred near the hospital.
• The explosion occurred just after midday.
• The fits usually occur at night.
• These climate shifts occurred over less than a decade.
• Travellers complained about lack of information when travel delays occurred.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they occur
• he / she / it occurs
• past simple occurred
• past participle occurred
• -ing form occurring

Word Origin

• late 15th cent.: from Latin occurrere ‘go to meet, present itself’, from ob- ‘against’ + currere ‘to run’.