occur
gb/əkˈɚ/ us/əkˈɚ/
B1
إنجليزي
~ 700
المعاني
0 معنى
فعل
B1
action
1
To happen or take place
To happen or take place.
نمط الاستخدام:
[event] occurs
غلطة شائعة:
Learners sometimes confuse 'occur' with 'happen to' when talking about something happening to a person. 'Occur' is more formal and often used for events, not personal experiences.
مرادفات
happen (More common in everyday speech; often less formal than 'occur'.)
|
take place (Often used for planned events, while 'occur' can be more neutral.)
أضداد
never happen (Indicates that an event does not take place at all.)
تراكيب شائعة
occur naturally
|occur frequently
|occur suddenly
|occur during
|occur in
مواضيع
daily life
|news
|time
|core_vocabulary
أمثلة
- The accident occurred late at night.
- A power outage occurred during the storm.
- Several changes have occurred since last year.
- The meeting will occur at 10 a.m.
- This phenomenon occurs in nature.
أمثلة للمتعلمين
- The party will occur on Friday.
- A big storm occurred last night.
- An error occurred in the system.
- The problem occurred again yesterday.
فعل
B2
action
2
To come into the mind
To come into someone's mind as an idea or thought.
نمط الاستخدام:
[idea] occurs to [someone]
غلطة شائعة:
Learners may forget the 'to' in the phrase 'occur to [someone]'. The correct form is 'It occurred to me', not 'It occurred me'.
مرادفات
cross one's mind (Slightly more informal; often used casually in conversation.)
|
come to mind (Neutral and often used for immediate recall or association.)
أضداد
slip one's mind (Means to be forgotten instead of remembered or thought of.)
تراكيب شائعة
occur to me
|suddenly occur to
|never occur to
مواضيع
thinking
|communication
|core_vocabulary
أمثلة
- It never occurred to me that she might be lying.
- Has it ever occurred to you to ask for help?
- The solution suddenly occurred to him while he was walking home.
- It didn't occur to them that they might be wrong.
أمثلة للمتعلمين
- It did not occur to me to call you.
- The idea occurred to her during lunch.
- It suddenly occurred to me that I was late.
القواعد
الصيغة المعجمية
occur
IPA
GB/əkˈɚ/
US/əkˈɚ/
المقاطع والنبر
oc - cur (٢ مقاطع)
Stress on 2nd syllable (cur)
تصريفات الكلمة
Verb
- Base: occur
- 3rd Person Singular: occurs
- Present Participle: occuring, occurring
- Past: occured, occurred
عيلة الكلمة
Forms
occurs
verb
occuring
verb
occurring
verb
occured
verb
occurred
verb
Core family
occurrence
noun B2
Related words
Negative and opposite forms
non-occurrence
noun
Advanced or less common
co-occur
verb
co-occurrence
noun
تعبيرات
occur to someone
1/əkˈɚ tə sˈʌmwˌʌn/
fixed phrase
For an idea to come into someone's mind
If something occurs to you, you think of it without planning to.
أمثلة
- It suddenly occurred to me that I had forgotten my keys.
- Has it ever occurred to you that she might be right?