v.
 (occurs, occurring, occurred)
   - happen; take place.
- exist or be found to be present in a place or under a particular set of conditions:![]()  radon occurs naturally in granite. 
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(occur to)
 come into the mind of.
Etymology
  C15: from L. occurrere ‘go to meet, present itself’, from ob- ‘against’ + currere ‘to run’.