co-occur
co-occur verb: to occur together.
Verb
co-occur (third-person singular simple present co-occurs, present participle co-occurring, simple past and past participle co-occurred)
- To occur together.
- For all of the taxonomies studied, there was a level of abstraction at which all of these factors co-occurred.
- The lexicon or dictionary in a language is then the set of word forms and idiomatic expressions—common sets of words that co-occur often—each with a meaning (the semantics).2025, Edward A. F. Gibson, “Introduction” (chapter 1), in Syntax: A Cognitive Approach, MIT Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 2
Forms of co-occur
| third-person singular present | co-occurs |
|---|---|
| present participle | co-occurring |
| past participle | co-occurred |
| past | co-occurred |
| alternative form | cooccur |
| alternative form | coöccur |
Origin of co-occur
From co- + occur.
Questions about co-occur
- What does co-occur mean?
- Co-occur means to occur together.
- What part of speech is co-occur?
- Co-occur is a verb.
- What is the past tense of co-occur?
- The past tense of co-occur is co-occurred.
Words near co-occur in the dictionary
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