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Grammar : Noun
Spell : uh-kur-uhns, uh-kuhr-
Phonetic Transcription : əˈkɜr əns, əˈkʌr-



Definition of occurrence

Origin :
  • 1530s, from Middle French occurrence "unexpected happening" or directly from Medieval Latin occurrentia, from Latin occurentem (nominative occurens), present participle of occurrere (see occur).
  • noun happening, development
Example sentences :
  • To assist the prediction of the course and occurrence of storms.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 » by Various
  • Her view of the occurrence was very different from that taken by her father.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • The occurrence in the studio, however, was entirely natural.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Reconnaissances (p. 093) and raids were of almost daily occurrence.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
  • When I heard this history, an hour or so after its occurrence, I rather demurred.
  • Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael
  • When her uncles returned she said nothing of the occurrence.
  • Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Accordingly the ephors questioned their informant: "How say you the occurrence is to take place?"
  • Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon
  • As a result of this occurrence the allies of the Lacedaemonians took fresh heart.
  • Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon
  • “He was conversing with me of that occurrence,” said Philo Gubb.
  • Extract from : « Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective » by Ellis Parker Butler
  • If I had not felt so at peace with all the world just then, there would have been an—occurrence then and there.
  • Extract from : « Against Odds » by Lawrence L. Lynch

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