occurrence
An actual instance when a situation occurs; an event or happening.
Other meanings
The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change in or over time.
Synonyms
- happening
- natural event
Related words
- cooccurrence
- interoccurrence
- nonoccurrence
- postoccurrence
- preoccurrence
- reoccurrence
- extent of occurrence
- occurrence time
- time of occurrence
- co-occurrence
- programmed random occurrence
Word history
From Medieval Latin "occurrentia".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “occurrence” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.