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occur
/əˈkɝ/
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What does occur mean?
verb
- To happen or take place.
- To present or offer itself.
- To come or be presented to the mind; to suggest itself.
More meanings (1)
verb
- To be present or found.
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IPA pronunciation
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But no organic law can ever be framed with a provision specifically applicable to every question which may occur in practical administration.
It did not occur to him that he had tried it several times before, himself, but could never find the hiding-places afterward.
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As long as the German tribes dwelt in their forests, it did not occur to them to divide and appropriate the soil.
Such a figure has appeared once when the days were ripe, and I do not doubt that this may occur once more.
Food, bits and bridles, noises, vehicles, are used to direct the ways in which the natural or instinctive responses of horses occur.