occur
gb/əkˈɚ/ us/əkˈɚ/
B1
Kiingereza
~ 700
Maana
maana 0
Kitenzi
B1
action
1
To happen or take place
To happen or take place.
Muundo wa matumizi:
[event] occurs
Kosa la kawaida:
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.
Visawe
happen (More common in everyday speech; often less formal than 'occur'.)
|
take place (Often used for planned events, while 'occur' can be more neutral.)
Vinyume
never happen (Indicates that an event does not take place at all.)
Miunganiko ya maneno
occur naturally
|occur frequently
|occur suddenly
|occur during
|occur in
Mada
daily life
|news
|time
|core_vocabulary
Mifano
- 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.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- The party will occur on Friday.
- A big storm occurred last night.
- An error occurred in the system.
- The problem occurred again yesterday.
Kitenzi
B2
action
2
To come into the mind
To come into someone's mind as an idea or thought.
Muundo wa matumizi:
[idea] occurs to [someone]
Kosa la kawaida:
Learners may forget the 'to' in the phrase 'occur to [someone]'. The correct form is 'It occurred to me', not 'It occurred me'.
Visawe
cross one's mind (Slightly more informal; often used casually in conversation.)
|
come to mind (Neutral and often used for immediate recall or association.)
Vinyume
slip one's mind (Means to be forgotten instead of remembered or thought of.)
Miunganiko ya maneno
occur to me
|suddenly occur to
|never occur to
Mada
thinking
|communication
|core_vocabulary
Mifano
- 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.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- 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.
Sarufi
Umbo la kamusi
occur
IPA
GB/əkˈɚ/
US/əkˈɚ/
Silabi na mkazo
oc - cur (silabi 2)
Stress on 2nd syllable (cur)
Maumbo ya neno
Verb
- Base: occur
- 3rd Person Singular: occurs
- Present Participle: occuring, occurring
- Past: occured, occurred
Familia ya neno
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
Semi
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.
Mifano
- It suddenly occurred to me that I had forgotten my keys.
- Has it ever occurred to you that she might be right?