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Meaning of occur

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  occur
      v 1: come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place
           off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed
           important" [syn: {happen}, {hap}, {go on}, {pass off},
           {occur}, {pass}, {fall out}, {come about}, {take place}]
      2: come to one's mind; suggest itself; "It occurred to me that
         we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to
         her" [syn: {occur}, {come}]
      3: to be found to exist; "sexism occurs in many workplaces";
         "precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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