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occur

Type: verb

Definitions: (verb) If something occurs, it happens.

Examples: (verb) After the flooding occurred, many people complained that the government reacted too slowly. (verb) Over the summer a change occurred in the eastern cities.

Synonyms: verbs: happen.

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