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occur

verb

1 the accident occurred at about 3:30 p.m.:

happen, take place, come about, transpire, materialize, chance, arise, crop up, turn out, fall, come, fall out, pass off;

North American, informal go down;

literary come to pass, befall, betide;

archaic hap;

rare eventuate.

2 the disease occurs chiefly in tropical climates:

be found, be present, exist, be met with, appear, prevail, present itself, show itself, manifest itself, turn up;

formal obtain.

3 an idea occurred to her | didn't it occur to you that I might have made other arrangements?:

enter one's head/mind, cross one's mind, come to mind, spring to mind, come to one, strike one, hit one, dawn on one, suggest itself, present itself, come into one's consciousness.