Crossword clues for occurring
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Occur \Oc*cur"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Occurred; p. pr. & vb. n. Occurring.] [L. occurrere, occursum; ob (see Ob-) + currere to run. See Course.]
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To meet; to clash. [Obs.]
The resistance of the bodies they occur with.
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To go in order to meet; to make reply. [Obs.]
I must occur to one specious objection.
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To meet one's eye; to be found or met with; to present itself; to appear.
In Scripture, though the word heir occur, yet there is no such thing as ``heir'' in our author's sense.
--Locke. To happen; to take place; as, I will write if opportunity occurs.
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To come to the mind; to arise in the mind; to suggest itself; to be presented to the imagination or memory; -- of an idea or thought; as, it never occurred to me to call John to ask.
There doth not occur to me any use of this experiment for profit.
--Bacon.
Wiktionary
(context in combination English) That occurs in a specified manner. n. The action of the verb ''to occur''. v
(present participle of occur English)
WordNet
v. 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, pass, fall out, come about, take place]
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: come]
to be found to exist; "sexism occurs in many workplaces"; "precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil"
See occur
Usage examples of "occurring".
The words occurring in the exercises of Lesson One are also excluded, since their meanings are irrelevant for the exercises.
In such a case the first vowel is also the stem-vowel, here occurring without any consonant in front of it.
What, exactly, was the mistake occurring the "original (lost) manuscript" (!
Varian was not the only one more interested in Kai's reactions than what was occurring on the screen.
All occurring after the ungood second wife married Eager Egdril, all different, all easily explicable, and all eight men just as dead as the next one.
Liu hurriedly slapped the access panel back over the control rack to prevent any further accidents occurring with the ship's computers.
The Limo one-oh series had been mostly assembled on Earth, with only bolt-together occurring in orbit.
It occurs when the spore symbiont, a carbon silicate occurring in an unorthodox environment peculiar to Ballybran, does not form a proper bridge between our own carbon-based biological system and the silicon-based ecology of this planet.
He stated the symptoms common to the onset of the symbiotic illness, occurring between ten and thirty days after exposure, beginning with headache, general muscular soreness, irritability, blurred vision, and impaired hearing.
A massive change is occurring physically: an instinctive rejection on his part, a mutation of the symbiont's.
Passover was occurring over Ballybran, and conjunction was as imminent as her first installation.
The manuscript bounced back and forth down the hall at McCaffrey's new home in County Wicklow, with story conferences occurring over the breakfast table before the milkman arrived.
This deep water, along with hot springs occurring on the planet's surface and open year round, and small quantities of melted snow, provide hydration for plants, humans, and animals.
Yana was momentarily confused all over again as Bunny gave her a welcoming hug, then realized that the girl's words referred strictly to the earlier portion of Yana's encounter with the cave, not to the more private events occurring afterward.
Then Clodagh was holding her selkie daughter out of the water and the same phenomenon was occurring on that precious body.