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OCCURRENCE

\əkˈɜːɹəns], \əkˈɜːɹəns], \ə_k_ˈɜː_ɹ_ə_n_s]\

Definitions of OCCURRENCE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision.
Any incident or event; esp., one which happens without being designed or expected; as, an unusual occurrence, or the ordinary occurrences of life.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision.
Any incident or event; esp., one which happens without being designed or expected; as, an unusual occurrence, or the ordinary occurrences of life.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A happening; event; incident.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

An event; appearance.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Anevent; happening.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

n. A coming or happening ; hence, any incident or accidental event ; any single event.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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