Results for occur

Definitions of occur:

part of speech: past tense, past participle

Occurred.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To come or be presented to the mind: to happen: to appear: to be found here and there:- pr. p. occurring; pa. p. occurred.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To happen or take place; come to the mind; as, did it occur to you to go?.

part of speech: present participle

Occurring.

Usage examples for occur:

• It did not occur to him that there might be danger in this; at the moment, he was rather off his guard. "The Mardi Gras Mystery", H. Bedford-Jones

• It might be for years or it might be for ever, but they meant to be there when things began to occur "A Damsel in Distress", Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

• Such an event never will occur because it never has occurred. "The Roman Question", Edmond About

• Does it occur to you at this moment that there has been some true affection between you and me in former days? "Ayala's Angel", Anthony Trollope