▪ exist or be found to be present in a place or under a particular set of conditions: "radon occurs naturally in rocks such as granite"Similarbe foundbe presentexistbe met withappearprevailpresent itselfshow itselfmanifest itselfturn upformal:obtain
▪ (of a thought or idea) come into the mind of:"it occurred to him that he hadn't eaten"Similarenter one's head/mindcross one's mindcome to mindspring to mindcome to onestrike onehit onedawn on onesuggest itselfpresent itselfcome into one's consciousness
Word Originlate 15th century: from Latin occurrere ‘go to meet, present itself’, from ob- ‘against’ + currere ‘to run’.
