"occurrence" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈkʌɹ.ən(t)s/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈkɜːɹ.ən(t)s/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈkɝ.ən(t)s/ [General-American], /əˈkɐɹ.ən(t)s/ [New-Zealand], /əˈkɵːɹ.ən(t)s/ [New-Zealand] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-occurrence.wav [Southern-England] Forms: occurrences [plural]
enPR: ə-kûrʹən(t)s Etymology: From Middle French occurrence, from Medieval Latin occurrentia. Morphologically occur + -ence. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱers-}}, {{der|en|frm|occurrence}} Middle French occurrence, {{der|en|ML.|occurrentia}} Medieval Latin occurrentia, {{suffix|en|occur|ence|nocat=1}} occur + -ence Head templates: {{en-noun}} occurrence (plural occurrences)
  1. An actual instance when a situation occurs; an event or happening. Translations (actual instance where a situation arises): حُدُوث (ḥudūṯ) [masculine] (Arabic), պատահար (patahar) (Armenian), դեպք (depkʿ) (Armenian), դիպված (dipvac) (Armenian), իրադարձություն (iradarjutʿyun) (Armenian), осраҡ (osraq) (Bashkir), вы́падак (výpadak) [masculine] (Belarusian), здарэ́нне (zdarénnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), падзе́я (padzjéja) [feminine] (Belarusian), слу́чка (slúčka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 事件 (shìjiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), výskyt [masculine] (Czech), voorval [masculine] (Dutch), z:p*zp (zp) (Egyptian), okazo (Esperanto), juhtum (Estonian), tapahtuma (Finnish), tapaus (Finnish), occurrence [feminine] (French), Vorfall [masculine] (German), מקרה (miqre) (Hebrew), megtörténés (Hungarian), előfordulás (Hungarian), occorrenza [feminine] (Italian), 出来事 (dekigoto) (alt: できごと) (Japanese), 사건 (sageon) (alt: 事件) (Korean), ēventum [neuter] (Latin), notikums [masculine] (Latvian), случај (slučaj) [masculine] (Macedonian), tilfelle [neuter] (Norwegian), seanse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), Väafaul [masculine] (Plautdietsch), wydarzenie [neuter] (Polish), wypadek [masculine] (Polish), zjawisko [neuter] (Polish), pojawienie się [neuter] (Polish), ocorrência [feminine] (Portuguese), acontecimento [masculine] (Portuguese), caz [neuter] (Romanian), eveniment [neuter] (Romanian), întâmplare [feminine] (Romanian), fenomen [neuter] (Romanian), происше́ствие (proisšéstvije) [neuter] (Russian), слу́чай (slúčaj) [masculine] (Russian), घटना (ghaṭanā) [feminine] (Sanskrit), tuiteamas [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), слу̏ча̄ј [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), slȕčāj [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), výskyt [masculine] (Slovak), dogodek [masculine] (Slovene), acontecimiento [masculine] (Spanish), ocurrencia (Spanish), suceso [masculine] (Spanish), jambo (Swahili), händelse (Swedish), tillfälle [neuter] (Swedish), pagkatupad (Tagalog), wäntare (Tocharian B), oluş (Turkish), hadise (Turkish), vaka (Turkish), olay (Turkish), ви́падок (výpadok) [masculine] (Ukrainian), поді́я (podíja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), avnaedje [masculine] (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-occurrence-en-noun-Q2aAKbvi Disambiguation of 'actual instance where a situation arises': 85 15
  2. (grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change in or over time. Categories (topical): Grammar, Semantics
    Sense id: en-occurrence-en-noun-M2tbcYg2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, semantics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: possibility Hyponyms: anomaly, disaster Derived forms: co-occurrence, programmed random occurrence Related terms: recurrence, state

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          "ref": "2013 June 29, “Unspontaneous combustion”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 29",
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          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "word": "tapaus"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Vorfall"
        },
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "miqre",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "word": "מקרה"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "word": "megtörténés"
        },
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          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "word": "előfordulás"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "occorrenza"
        },
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          "alt": "できごと",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "dekigoto",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "word": "出来事"
        },
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          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "alt": "事件",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sageon",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "word": "사건"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ēventum"
        },
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "notikums"
        },
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "slučaj",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
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          "word": "случај"
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "seanse"
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          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Väafaul"
        },
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          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "wydarzenie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "wypadek"
        },
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          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "zjawisko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "pojawienie się"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ocorrência"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "acontecimento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "caz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "eveniment"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "întâmplare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "fenomen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "proisšéstvije",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "происше́ствие"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "slúčaj",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "слу́чай"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "ghaṭanā",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "घटना"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tuiteamas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "слу̏ча̄ј"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "slȕčāj"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "výskyt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dogodek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "acontecimiento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "word": "ocurrencia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "suceso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "word": "jambo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "word": "händelse"
        },
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          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "tillfälle"
        },
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          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "word": "pagkatupad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "word": "wäntare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "word": "oluş"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "word": "hadise"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "word": "vaka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "word": "olay"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "výpadok",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ви́падок"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "podíja",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "поді́я"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "avnaedje"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "state"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Grammar",
          "orig": "en:Grammar",
          "parents": [
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            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
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            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w"
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Semantics",
          "orig": "en:Semantics",
          "parents": [
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            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
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      "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "výskyt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dogodek"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acontecimiento"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
      "word": "ocurrencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "suceso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
      "word": "jambo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
      "word": "händelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tillfälle"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
      "word": "pagkatupad"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
      "word": "wäntare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
      "word": "oluş"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
      "word": "hadise"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
      "word": "vaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
      "word": "olay"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výpadok",
      "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ви́падок"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "podíja",
      "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "поді́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "actual instance where a situation arises",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "avnaedje"
    }
  ],
  "word": "occurrence"
}

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