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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.

occur Oxford Dictionary of English