occur

Other forms of occur

past tense or participle

occurred

present participle

occurring

third person

occurs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about occur

What does occur mean?

occur means "come to pass". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in occur?

occur has 2 syllables: oc-cur. The stress falls on "cur". In IPA it is /əˈkɝ/.

What is another word for occur?

Close synonyms include happen, hap, go on, pass off, pass. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is occur a common word?

occur is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with occur?

5 words rhyme with occur. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.