occurrence
occurrence is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Any incident or event; esp., one which happens without being designed or expected; as, an unusual occurrence, or the ordinary occurrences of life. All the occurrence of my fortune. Shak.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
- see event
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- according
- accordingly
- adventitious
- are
- attitude
- attribution
- being
- case
- causation
- certain
- circumstance
- circumstantial
- conditional
- conditionally
- conjunctive
- context
- contingency
- contingent
- crisis
- critical
- dependence
- emergence
- emergency
- environment
- event
- exigency
- extrinsic
- footing
- given
- happen
- how
- incidental
- juncture
- land
- location
- may
- modal
- not
- occasion
- out
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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