occurrence

C1 Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /əˈkɝ.əns/ UK /əˈkʌɹ.əns/ See IPA manual

Freq #18904

Meanings

1

noun
Something that happens; an event.

Power cuts are a common occurrence in this area.
2

noun
The fact of something happening or existing.

The disease is of frequent occurrence in tropical regions.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · something that happens; an... occurrent

More affairbefallingepisode eventgoings-onhap happening incident occasion proceeding

Word family

Forms occurrences

Derived forms co-occurrencecooccurrenceinteroccurrencenonoccurrencepostoccurrencepreoccurrencereoccurrence

Related forms activityensuancerecurrence state

Etymology

From Middle French occurrence, from Medieval Latin occurrentia. Morphologically occur + -ence.

*ḱers- Proto-Indo-European occurrence Middle French occurrentia la-med

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Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives

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# occurrence

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /əˈkɝ.əns/
**IPA (UK):** /əˈkʌɹ.əns/
**Frequency rank:** 18904

## Meanings
1. Something that happens; an event.
2. The fact of something happening or existing.

## Examples
- Power cuts are a common occurrence in this area.
- The disease is of frequent occurrence in tropical regions.

## Synonyms
- affair
- befalling
- episode
- event
- goings-on
- hap
- happening
- incident
- occasion
- proceeding

## Derived Forms
- co-occurrence
- cooccurrence
- interoccurrence
- nonoccurrence
- postoccurrence
- preoccurrence
- reoccurrence

## Related Forms
- activity
- ensuance
- recurrence
- state

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *ḱers-
- Root: occurrence
- Root: occurrentia

## Etymology
From Middle French occurrence, from Medieval Latin occurrentia. Morphologically occur + -ence.

## AI Etymology
Occurrence comes from Middle French occurrence, from Medieval Latin occurrentia. Morphologically occur + -ence. The historical chain includes *ḱers- (Proto-Indo-European), occurrence (Middle French), and occurrentia (Medieval Latin). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as co-occurrence, cooccurrence, interoccurrence, and nonoccurrence and related forms such as activity, ensuance, and recurrence. In present use it covers something that happens; an event and the fact of something happening or existing.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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