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Word: Occurrence
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 16th century: probably from the plural of archaic occurrent, in the same sense, via French from Latin occurrent- ‘befalling’, from the verb occurrere (see occur)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈkʌrəns
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an incident or event
Short Definition:incident or event
Examples:- vandalism used to be a rare occurrence
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