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occur (EN)
verb

verb “occur”

infinitive occur; he occurs; past tense occurred; past part. occurred; ger. occurring
  1. to happen or take place
    The power outage occurred during the storm last night.
  2. (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.
  3. (in scientific contexts) being found in a particular place or situation
    Gold often occurs in quartz veins.