occurring

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occurring

  • /əˈkɝɪŋ/ US
  • /əˈkɜːɹɪŋ/ UK

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of occur
  2. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of occurre (obsolete form of occur)

noun occurrings

  1. An instance of something occurring; an event or happening. The perceived and known fact on which this discussion is based, is not the difference between the occurring and the non-occurring of an act (for non-occurring does not say impossibility), nor the difference between possibility and impossibility of the act (for the possibility cannot be perceived), b

    Similar: occurrence

adjective

  1. in compounds, not comparable That occurs in a specified manner. naturally occurring macromolecules

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: recurring, appearing, arising, existing, present, emerging, prevailing, intervening, location, course, going, produce, being, yielding, committed, ongoing

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"occurring." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/occurring. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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occurring. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/occurring

Chicago

"occurring." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/occurring.

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@misc{occurring_2026,
  title = {occurring},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/occurring},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}