DictionaryAI

occurred

verb
Sayuh-KURD/əˈkɝd/UK/əˈkɜːd/

2 meanings of occurred

Practice

  1. 1
    verb
    Past tense and past participle of occur. Use it for something that already happened.

    The storm occurred late at night while everyone slept.

    By morning, the change had occurred without anyone noticing.

    Note
  2. 2
    verbobsolete
    Past tense and past participle of occurre, an old way of spelling occur.
    Note

occurred is a form of occur

occur, verb: To happen, or to come up, like a chance or a problem. Full entry

Forms
occuroccurs he/she/itoccurring -ing formoccurred past tense, past participle
Spelling
occur → occurred: double the r, add -ed
Sound
The ending sounds like /d/.

Use it in a sentence

Write your own sentence with occurred, and AI will tell you whether it fits and which meaning you used.