occur
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(verb) come to one's mind; suggest itself; "It occurred to me that we shold hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her" |
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Synonyms: come |
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Related Words: become |
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(verb) be a forerunner of or occur earlier than, as in: "This composition anticipates Impressionism" |
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Synonyms: anticipate |
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(verb) happen or come to pass; "I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents' house"; "There were two hundred people at his funeral"; "There was a lot of noise in the kitchen" |
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Synonyms: be |
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Related Words: abound in, fall, interlude, lie, pullulate with, rest, run, shine, strike, teem in |
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(verb) come to pass; occur: "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" |
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Synonyms: come about, go on, hap, happen, pass, pass off, take place |
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Related Words: arise, bechance, befall, betide, break, chance, coincide, come, come around, come off, come up, concur, contemporize, develop, fall, give, go, go off, go over, happen, materialize, operate, proceed, recur, repeat, roll around, supervene, synchronize, transpire, turn out, work |
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