occurrenceEnglishOxford English Thesaurusoccurrence noun 1 vandalism used to be a rare occurrence: event, incident, happening, phenomenon, affair, matter, experience, circumstance, development, contingency, eventuality. 2 the occurrence of cancer increases with age: existence, instance, appearance, manifestation, materialization, development, springing up; frequency, incidence, rate, prevalence; Statistics distribution.occurrence Oxford Dictionary of English