verb · academic
occur
UK/əˈkɜːr/US/əˈkɝː/o·CCUR
Band 7+task2speaking
to happen or take place
Examples
“Most accidents occur during peak traffic hours.”
“It did not occur to the researchers that the sample was biased.”
“Periodic shortages occur when demand suddenly increases.”
Band 8 sentence
“Serious complications rarely occur when the procedure is performed by experienced surgeons.”
Collocations
- occur frequently
- an occurrence of
- occur to someone
Word family
occurrence noun
Common mistakes
occurred to me (tense mistake)→It occurred to me / It did not occur to me
occured→occurred
Say it for a higher band
5happen→6arise→7+occur
Synonyms
happen
take place
Easily confused
happen
“Strange things happen at night.”
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