verb “occur”
infinitive occur; he occurs; past tense occurred; past part. occurred; ger. occurring
- to happen or take place
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The power outage occurred during the storm last night.
- (of an idea or thought) to suddenly come into mind
A funny story from last summer suddenly occurred to me while I was talking to my friend.
- (in scientific contexts) being found in a particular place or situation
Gold often occurs in quartz veins.