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- pronunciation:
kuh
rns
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the process or fact of taking place or happening.
If you are involved in another occurrence of bullying, you will be suspended.- similar words:
- circumstance
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| definition 2: |
an event that takes place; incident.
Jon wanted to report the strange occurrences to the police.- synonyms:
- affair, case, event, happening, incident, instance, occasion, phenomenon
- similar words:
- accident, action, activity, business, circumstance, deed, episode, experience, fact, situation
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| related words: |
development, matter, presence, thing |
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The word occurrence
contains the following parts:
cur1, curr, cor1, corr, curs, cour1, cours
Latin
root
that means to run
  Example words:
concur, corral, corridor, course, currency, current, curriculum, excursion, occur, occurrence, recur
-ance, -ence, -ency, -ancy
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means state, quality, or act of
More about this word part:
The suffix group -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
attaches to verbs and Latin verb stems to create nouns. The suffix -ance
is usually attached to whole English words, whereas -ence
is usually attached to roots: compare eloquence and acceptance
. For most nouns ending in -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
, there is a correponsponding adjective form ending in -ant, -ent.
Example words:
absence, acceptance, admittance, agency, arrogance, attendance, audience, buoyancy, conference, confidence, consequence, consistency, currency, deficiency, difference, disappearance, disturbance, emergency, frequency, importance, independence, occurrence, preference, presidency, residence, science, tendency
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