occurrence
/əˈkʌr(ə)ns
/noun
1An incident or event: vandalism used to be a rare occurrence...
- He saw that she showed no sign of being scared on account of the occurrence of a political incident.
- Pipher has noted that adolescent girls tend to report events and occurrences dramatically and emotionally.
- A sentinel event is an unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical injury.
Synonyms
event, incident, happening, phenomenon, affair, matter, experience, circumstance, development, contingency, eventuality
1.1 [mass noun] The fact or frequency of something happening: the occurrence of cancer increases with age...
- The frequency of occurrence of conduits within different area classes decreases with increasing area.
- Linguists and language teachers often take account of the frequency of occurrence of linguistic items and features.
- Ranking of variables was done by the frequency of occurrence of each descriptor in all 140 models.
Synonyms
existence, instance, appearance, manifestation, materialization, development, springing up;
frequency, incidence, rate, prevalence;
Statistics distribution
1.2 [mass noun] The fact of something existing or being found in a place or under a particular set of conditions: the occurrence of natural gas fields...
- These biozones are commonly of restricted or local occurrence.
- Here, we shall confine our attention to discussing the conditions which must be satisfied if their occurrence is to be compulsory.
- The conditions for the occurrence of oscillatory behaviour were explored and the responses described in detail.
Origin
Mid 16th century: probably from the plural of archaic occurrent, in the same sense, via French from Latin occurrent- 'befalling', from the verb occurrere (see occur).