Occurrence
[ə'kʌr(ə)ns] or [ə'kʌrəns]
Definition
(noun.) an instance of something occurring; 'a disease of frequent occurrence'; 'the occurrence (or presence) of life on other planets'.
Typist: Veronica--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision.
(n.) Any incident or event; esp., one which happens without being designed or expected; as, an unusual occurrence, or the ordinary occurrences of life.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Incident, event, accident, casualty, adventure, affair, transaction, proceeding.
Editor: Segre
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Event, affair, incident, transaction, adventure,[See EVENT]
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Examples
- It was not possible that the occurrence should not be strongly recommending each to the other. Jane Austen. Emma.
- A serious occurrence that might have resulted in accident drove him soon after from Canada, although the youth could hardly be held to blame for it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I asked, terrified at the unexpected sound, and incapable now of deriving from any occurrence a hope of aid. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I heard the mice too, rattling behind the panels, as if the same occurrence were important to their interests. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- What does this unwonted excitement about such an every-day occurrence as a return from market portend? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I didn't go to do it, Sammy,' said Mr. Weller, in some degree abashed by the very unexpected occurrence of the incident. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Mr. Osborne did not seem in the least disappointed at this occurrence. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The reader will excuse me if I conceal the date or any other fact by which he might trace the actual occurrence. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Now, I am aware that there was a most deplorable occurrence in our house last night. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- What is there inexplicable, pray, tell me, in so very natural an occurrence? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Young Edison waited around the spot for half an hour or more, and then, as it was growing dark, went home puzzled and lonely, but silent as to the occurrence. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- We have little doubt that we should have been enabled to present it to our readers, but for a most unfortunate occurrence. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- My powers of observation were very much improved after this occurrence. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Yes, he replied, a very common occurrence. Plato. The Republic.
- Her ladyship looked as if she was much amused with the whole occurrence. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- But all these occurrences preceded the final day. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He met Crawley in the lobby, however, where they exchanged a few sentences upon the occurrences of the last fortnight. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- By the way, in view of recent occurrences, perhaps I ought to ask Mrs. Hudson to examine its crop. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I was immediately drawn to make this observation by occurrences that presented themselves to my personal experience. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The problem of the immediate response is complicated by one's having to be on the lookout for future occurrences. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- But he certainly was more staggered by these terrible occurrences than he was by names, of howsoever so many syllables. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It was torturing to me to hear them talk of occurrences in which I had had no share. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- They contained no actual complaint, nor was there any revival of past occurrences, or any communication of present suffering. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I thought of the occurrences of the day. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Nature is the medium of social occurrences. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Mr. Wickham's society was of material service in dispelling the gloom which the late perverse occurrences had thrown on many of the Longbourn family. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The atrocity in its full extent no longer exists, but there is enough of it left to give rise to occurrences that make the heart bleed. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- At first he did not recur to the past, or indeed to any personal occurrences. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- THE WANDERER We had a very serious conversation in Buckingham Street that night, about the domestic occurrences I have detailed in the last chapter. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- One seldom has the fortune to be present at occurrences at which one would particularly wish to assist. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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