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Word: Occur
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late 15th century: from Latin occurrere ‘go to meet, present itself’, from ob- ‘against’ + currere ‘to run’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈkəː
Dialects: British English
Definition:
happen; take place
Short Definition:happen
Examples:- the accident occurred at about 3.30 p.m.
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