"occurrence" meaning in English

See occurrence in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /əˈkʌrəns/ [UK], /əˈkɝəns/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-occurrence.wav [UK] Forms: occurrence [singular], occurrences [plural]
Etymology: occur + -ence Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|occur|ence}} occur + -ence Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. An occurrence is one case of something happening.
    Sense id: simple-occurrence-en-noun-gYrvat7u
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ence
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