occur

Everyday

1. (formal) To happen, especially without being planned. tree →
2. To be found or to exist somewhere. tree →
3. occur to someone: to come into someone's mind. tree →

In the lessons

Formal exam word for "happen": "how many times does the number 3 occur?" means how many times it appears. In science: earthquakes occur along faults. Phrases: occur to, it occurred to me.

Examples

• Accidents often occur in the kitchen. tree →
• How many times does the letter e occur in "sheep"? tree →
• Earthquakes occur where plates meet. tree →
• It occurred to me that I had left my bag at school. tree →
• This kind of frog occurs only in the rainforest. tree →
• The storm occurred during the night. tree →

Note

Double r in occurred, occurring, and occurrence (also double c). In a maths problem "occurs" usually asks you to count how many times something appears.

In Jewish tradition

Formal exam word for "happen": "how many times does the number 3 occur?" means how many times it appears. In science: earthquakes occur along faults. Phrases: occur to, it occurred to me.

Examples

• THU and BHU ; these two words occur in Genesis i. 2, and are translated '' waste and void." (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• The Samaritans still to this day preserve a tradition allowing Resh to occur in both single and double forms, bearing a distinction comparable to the difference between the Spanish single r of pero and double rr of perro.] Taw-Thaw. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
• The quoted title was given to the treatise apparently because of the following passage occurring therein: (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →

Note

Double r in occurred, occurring, and occurrence (also double c). In a maths problem "occurs" usually asks you to count how many times something appears.