verb · neutral
occur
UK/əˈkɜːr/US/əˈkɜr/o·CCUR
Band 6-7task2task1speaking
to happen; to take place
Examples
“Many errors occurred during the experiment.”
“Accidents frequently occur on that stretch of road.”
“It did not occur to me that the data were wrong.”
Band 8 sentence
“Several cases of contamination occurred after the factory discharge exceeded permitted levels.”
Collocations
- occur + adverb (frequently/rarely)
- occur to someone
- the occurrence of
Word family
occurrence noun
Common mistakes
occurred to me that→it occurred to me that
occur on→occur / occur in / occur to (tuỳ ngữ cảnh)
Say it for a higher band
5happen→6take place→7+occur
Synonyms
happen
Easily confused
happen
“Strange things happen when you least expect them.”
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