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 affairbefallingepisodeeventgoings-onhaphappeningincidentoccasionproceeding Word family Forms occurrences Derived forms co-occurrencecooccurrenceinteroccurrencenonoccurrencepostoccurrencepreoccurrencereoccurrence Related forms activityensuancerecurrencestate Etymology AI details From Middle French occurrence, from Medieval Latin occurrentia. Morphologically occur + -ence. *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European occurrence Middle French occurrentia la-med View etymology graph -> Topics Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 markdown