occurrence

noun

Sayuh-KUR-uhnsUS/əˈkɝ.əns/UK/əˈkʌɹ.əns/

Pluraloccurrences

2 meanings of occurrence

1
nouncountable
A thing that happens, often something you notice or remember.
A power outage like that is a rare occurrence in our town.
Flooding has become a common occurrence after heavy rain.
Similarevent, happening, incident
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2
nouncountable
A group of verbs whose meaning is about something changing over a period of time.
Teachers explained that "grow" is an occurrence because it shows change over time.
Verbs that describe a change of state are grouped as occurrences.
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Origin

From Middle French occurrence, which came from Medieval Latin occurrentia. It is also formed from occur plus -ence.