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{
"term": "occur",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "occur",
"heSheIt": "occurs"
},
"pastSimple": "occurred",
"pastParticiple": "occurred",
"ingForm": "occurring"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to happen",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "When exactly did the **incident occur**?"
},
{
"text": "Something unexpected occurred."
},
{
"text": "Three major **events occurred** in my life that year."
},
{
"text": "These chemical changes occur naturally."
},
{
"text": "In most years more deaths occur in winter."
},
{
"text": "Opportunities for learning occur spontaneously every day."
},
{
"text": "A new outbreak of smallpox occurred in 1928."
},
{
"text": "Impact occurred seconds after the pilot signalled for help."
},
{
"text": "Major economic changes have occurred recently."
},
{
"text": "Peasant rebellions occurred throughout the 16th century."
},
{
"text": "The collision occurred near the hospital."
},
{
"text": "The explosion occurred just after midday."
},
{
"text": "The fits usually occur at night."
},
{
"text": "These climate shifts occurred over less than a decade."
},
{
"text": "Travellers complained about lack of information when travel delays occurred."
},
{
"text": "Such storms are likely to occur for the next six to ten weeks."
},
{
"text": "The disease can occur at any time of the year."
},
{
"text": "These symptoms occur in some patients but not in others."
},
{
"text": "This rally usually occurs between Christmas and New Year's day."
},
{
"text": "Five attacks occurred in a 12-day period."
},
{
"text": "Several conversations occurred simultaneously."
},
{
"text": "The fractures occurred as a direct result of osteoporosis."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["commonly", "frequently", "often"],
"verb + occur": ["be likely to", "tend to", "be unlikely to"],
"preposition": ["among", "in"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to exist or be found somewhere",
"sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Sugar occurs naturally in fruit."
},
{
"text": "**naturally occurring** chemicals in the brain"
},
{
"text": "Lemurs occur in the wild only in Madagascar."
},
{
"text": "Infected plants frequently occur in patches."
},
{
"text": "Calluses typically occur on the bottom of the feet and heel."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["commonly", "frequently", "often"],
"verb + occur": ["be likely to", "tend to", "be unlikely to"],
"preposition": ["among", "in"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈkɜː(r)/",
"audio": "oc/occur/occur__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈkɜːz/",
"audio": "oc/occur/occurs__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈkɜːd/",
"audio": "oc/occur/occurred__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈkɜːrɪŋ/",
"audio": "oc/occur/occurring__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈkɜːr/",
"audio": "oc/occur/occur__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈkɜːrz/",
"audio": "oc/occur/occurs__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈkɜːrd/",
"audio": "oc/occur/occurred__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈkɜːrɪŋ/",
"audio": "oc/occur/occurring__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 15th cent.: from Latin occurrere ‘go to meet, present itself’, from ob- ‘against’ + currere ‘to run’."
}