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occurre

occurre is the obsolete form of occur.

Meaning of occur

Verb

occur (third-person singular simple present occurs, present participle occurring, simple past and past participle occurred)

  1. (intransitive) To happen or take place.
    • The liftoff will occur in exactly twelve seconds.
    Synonyms:
    belimp
  2. (intransitive) To present or offer itself.
    • I will write if the opportunity occurs.
    Synonyms:
    appear, arise, come up
  3. (impersonal) To come or be presented to the mind; to suggest itself.
    • One little incident of my school days occurs to me as amusing.
    Synonyms:
    hit
  4. (intransitive) To be present or found.
    • The chemical monofluoroacetate occurs in all parts of Dichapetalum cymosum, and is responsible for its toxic effects.

Forms of occurre

third-person singular presentoccurres
present participleoccurring
past participleoccurred
pastoccurred

Questions about occurre

What is occurre the obsolete form of?
Occurre is the obsolete form of occur.

Words near occurre in the dictionary

  1. occured
  2. occurence
  3. occuring
  4. occurrable
  5. occurrance
  6. occurre
  7. occurred
  8. occurrence
  9. occurrence time
  10. occurrence times
  11. occurrences

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Adapted from Wiktionary: occurre (page history and authors); occur (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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