# occurrence

Pronunciation: say "uh-KUR-uhns" US /əˈkɝ.əns/, UK /əˈkʌɹ.əns/

## Noun

1. An event or happening; a single instance when a situation takes place.
   - Simple: A thing that happens, often something you notice or remember.
   - _The committee treated the data breach as an isolated occurrence._
   - _Sightings of the rare bird were daily occurrences that spring._
2. The lexical aspect of verbs or predicates that describe a change in or over time.
   - Simple: A group of verbs whose meaning is about something changing over a period of time.
   - _Linguists classify "ripen" as an occurrence, since it encodes a change of state across time._
   - _Telic occurrences contrast with states, which involve no internal change._

## Origin

From Middle French occurrence, from Medieval Latin occurrentia; it can also be analysed as occur plus the suffix -ence.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/occurrence (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).