occur

v 1: come to pass; occur: "What is happening?"; "The meeting took

place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that

seemed important" [syn: {happen}, {hap}, {go on}, {pass

off}, {pass}, {come about}, {take place}]

2: come to one's mind; suggest itself; "It occurred to me that

we shold hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came

to her" [syn: {come}]

3: happen or come to pass; "I lost my wallet; this was during

the visit to my parents' house"; "There were two hundred

people at his funeral"; "There was a lot of noise in the

kitchen" [syn: {be}]

4: be a forerunner of or occur earlier than, as in: "This

composition anticipates Impressionism" [syn: {anticipate}]