occurrence

[ocĀ·curĀ·rence]

An occurrence is an instance of something or a time when something happens. If you get migraines, the doctor might ask how many occurrences of the headache you have in a month.

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A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision.

Noun
an event that happens

Noun
an instance of something occurring; "a disease of frequent occurrence"; "the occurrence (or presence) of life on other planets"


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.


Occurrence

Oc*cur"rence , n. [Cf. F. occurrence. See Occur.] 1. A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision.
Voyages detain the mind by the perpetual occurrence and expectation of something new.
2. 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.
Syn. -- See Event.

A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision.

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Usage Examples

Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.

Probability is expectation founded upon partial knowledge. A perfect acquaintance with all the circumstances affecting the occurrence of an event would change expectation into certainty, and leave nether room nor demand for a theory of probabilities.

When men are arrested without any legal basis and for political reasons, it's merely a routine, everyday occurrence in Russia, and hardly anyone has any sympathy.

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Other Usage Examples

Journalism wishes to tell what it is that has happened everywhere as though the same things had happened for every man. Poetry wishes to say what it is like for any man to be himself in the presence of a particular occurrence as though only he were alone there.

The advent of a new religion, making serious and impressive claims to embody a new revelation from on high, is not a frequent occurrence.

Nevertheless, as is a frequent occurrence in science, a general hypothesis was constructed from a few specific instances of a phenomenon.

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