The meaning of Occur

verb

(of a problem, opportunity, or situation) emerge; become apparent.

Usage examples:

New difficulties had arisen

verb

To come into existence or begin to be noticed; happen

Usage examples:

Problems arise when kids leave school., when the opportunity arose, he decided to take it., we aros…

verb

(especially of something bad) happen to (someone).

Usage examples:

A tragedy befell his daughter

verb

(of something bad) to happen to a person or place

Usage examples:

Many natural disasters have befallen that region.

verb

Happen.

Usage examples:

I waited with beating heart, not knowing what would betide

verb

To happen (to someone)

verb

Move or travel towards or into a place thought of as near or familiar to the speaker.

Usage examples:

Jessica came into the kitchen

preposition

When a specified time is reached or event happens.

Usage examples:

I don't think that they'll be far away from honours come the new season

noun

Semen ejaculated by a man at an orgasm.

phrasal verb

Come to pass

phrasal verb

To happen, or start to happen

Usage examples:

How did the problem come about in the first place?

phrasal verb

Appear suddenly or unexpectedly

phrasal verb

To happen or appear unexpectedly

Usage examples:

Her name keeps cropping up in their conversations.

verb

Occur as a result.

Usage examples:

You never know what might eventuate

verb

To happen, or lead to something happening

Usage examples:

They are taking precautions against a possibility that may never eventuate., a chain of events coul…

verb

Move from a higher to a lower level, typically rapidly and without control.

Usage examples:

Five inches of snow fell through the night

noun

An act of falling or collapsing.

Usage examples:

His mother had a fall as she alighted from a train

verb

Descend freely under the influence of gravity

phrasal verb

Come off

phrasal verb

(of an object) to drop from a place where it was attached or contained

Usage examples:

A few pages fell out of the book., the two fell out over coaching tactics a long time ago.

phrasal verb

Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

phrasal verb

To become less in amount, value, etc.

Usage examples:

Go down (sth) to sth the company's shares went down 7p to 53p., the battery should prevent the comp…

noun

Luck; fortune.

Usage examples:

If you have the good hap to come into their houses

verb

Come about by chance.

Usage examples:

What can hap to him worthy to be deemed evil?

verb

Cover or wrap with a blanket or warm clothes.

Usage examples:

Col rode on her back, happed up in a tartan plaid

verb

Become actual fact; happen.

Usage examples:

The forecast rate of increase did not materialize

verb

(of ideas and wishes) to become real or true

Usage examples:

Her hopes of owning her own restaurant never materialized., they listened to the footsteps, then wa…

idiom

Cause to be circulated and accepted in a false character or identity

phrasal verb

Falsely represent a person or thing as being someone or something else.

Usage examples:

The drink was packaged in champagne bottles and was being passed off as the real stuff

phrasal verb

Evade or lightly dismiss an awkward remark.

Usage examples:

He made a light joke and passed it off

verb

(of a secret or something unknown) come to be known; be revealed.

Usage examples:

It transpired that millions of dollars of debt had been hidden in a complex web of transactions

verb

To happen

Usage examples:

A lot has transpired since we last spoke.