occurring
Syllables: oc·cur·ringUK/əˈkɜːɹɪŋ//əˈkɝɪŋ/
occurring is the present participle and gerund of occur.
occurring is the present participle and gerund of occurre.
Meaning of occur
Verb
occur (third-person singular simple present occurs, present participle occurring, simple past and past participle occurred)
- To happen or take place.
- The liftoff will occur in exactly twelve seconds.
- Synonyms:
- belimp
- To present or offer itself.
- I will write if the opportunity occurs.
- 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
- To be present or found.
- The chemical monofluoroacetate occurs in all parts of Dichapetalum cymosum, and is responsible for its toxic effects.
Noun
occurring (plural occurrings)
- An instance of something occurring; an event or happening.
- The perceived and known fact on which this discussion is based, is not the difference between the occurring and the non-occurring of an act (for non-occurring does not say impossibility), nor the difference between possibility and impossibility of the act (for the possibility cannot be perceived)...1976, J. R. T. M. Peters, God’s Created Speech: A Study in the Speculative Theology of the Muʿtazilî Qâḍîl-Quḍât Abû L-Ḥasan ʿAbd Al-Jabbâr Bn Aḥmad Al-Hamaḏânî, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, page 197
- While it was noted above that the interaffecting of the present by the occurrings and implyings of the past provides a means of generating a sense of a personal past through the accumulation of bodily-relevant occurrings and implyings, […]2016, Janet Banfield, Geography Meets Gendlin
- Synonyms:
- occurrence
Adjective
occurring (not comparable)
- That occurs in a specified manner.
- naturally occurring macromolecules
Synonyms of occurring
Forms of occurring
| plural | occurrings |
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Words formed from occurring
Phrases with occurring
Questions about occurring
- What does occurring mean?
- Occurring means an instance of something occurring; an event or happening.
- What is occurring the present participle and gerund of?
- Occurring is the present participle and gerund of occur.
- What part of speech is occurring?
- Occurring can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce occurring?
- Occurring is pronounced /əˈkɝɪŋ/ (US).
- What is the plural of occurring?
- The plural of occurring is occurrings.
Words near occurring in the dictionary
Source and license
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